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Rita Aleksanyan Arrested: Business Owners Tried to Bribe Housing Official -- LAPD

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Updated with the ringleader's ID and sentence. First posted at 1:38 p.m.

Cops today said eight people have been arrested in connection with an attempt to bribe a Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles adviser so that people, including alleged business owners, who might not normally qualify for government-subsidized apartments could slip through the cracks and get cheap rent.

None of the alleged criminals were named, even though the "primary suspect" in the case has already been charged and has already pleaded guilty to bribery, according to an LAPD statement released today.

The allegations go something like this:


The main suspect offered to pay $2,000 to a Section 8 Housing Authority adviser for every prospective tenant who could be approved without the usual background checks.

This happened in March, the LAPD says, and when the adviser immediately went to authorities with the story, they launched a joint investigation with city detectives from the Rampart Division, L.A. Housing Authority investigators and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development officials.

Seven suspects, besides the main guy, were arrested, and search warrants served in Glendale, Hollywood, Northeast Los Angeles and West Valley turned up $175,000 in cash that was intended for the scheme, cops say.

The seven were arrested on suspicion of bribing a public official, cops said.

Asked why the suspects, some of whom are business owners, weren't named, Det. Carlos Llamas told us department brass decided to withhold the IDs for now, that the investigation was "ongoing" and that another news release would be forthcoming.

[Update at 2:06 p.m.]: The District Attorney's office ID's the "primary suspect" for the Weekly: 55-year-old Rita Aleksanyan was sentenced yesterday to 6 days in county jail, 3 years of probation and 300 hours of community service.

[@dennisjromero / djromero@laweekly.com / @LAWeeklyNews]


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karin.pinga
karin.pinga

Sadly, the corrupt Armenian population is ruining Glendale, Hollywood and Burbank.  They are a putrid lot and evil festering corruption just oozes out of their culture.

karin.pinga
karin.pinga

Hopefully they kept the $175k in cash they found as partial reimbursement for that hideous Rita Aleksanyan fraud against the tax payers.  What a disgusting pustulent person she is, since she was found guilty she should be deported back to ARMENIA...

Genius
Genius

Why dont they show the government worker who dealt with her on Tv this is all BS, they bust a so called minor criminal cuz that's all they are empowered to, why don't they go after high power government officials who are based off of corruption

ILLEGALALIEN
ILLEGALALIEN

Nobody remembers Italians anymore, they are long done with crime they are desent citizens now after robbing for decades. Or perhaps we should just say Madoff and conclude since he trumped all the bribes robberies theft and fraud that has ever been done in U.S. all together. And notice he went quick and without giving up anyone whom he had been bribing along the way so his scam could go on for 20 years. They discovered 175k from several homes searched which means this money could be coming from some other sources unrelated to bribery. I am sure she succesfully bribed other section 8 officials prior to running into this one. The ones that accepted her bribes before aren't any less scambags then herself. We are all just humans, and thats what we do , steal, kill, rape, lie regardless of race. And media does what they are bribed to do and all you small people just be quite!

Guest
Guest

You're living in a city where Armenian-Americans are prevalent, so you will be hearing cases about whites, hispanics, and black people . Unfortunately, things like this do occur, regardless of race, ethnicity, and culture. Don't generalize a group of people because of one person's mistake. That's just pure ignorance. 

equal
equal

 Every nationality has these types of people, people who scam the system and who only wish to live the good and easy life by lying, cheating and stealing. Armenians and Jews are not the only people to do so; greed is a human tendency that cannot be isolated to one group of people or to an ethnicity. Be more open minded.  -Korean American living in Glendale, CA 91202

USPatriot011
USPatriot011

Actually no he is not. When the media disproportionately focuses on and goes out of their way to point out miniscule minority groups involved in criminal activity while gigantic insurance scams, financial securities fraud committed by white collar Jewish bankers is swept under the rug day and and day out for the better part of the 20th century in this country, then YES, there is definitely something WRONG with that picture.  It's only when the whistle blowing cannot be swept under the rug and the media outlets cannot be snuffed out during large corporate crimes committed by Jews in America to the tune of HUNDREDS of millions or even BILLIONS (Maddoff) of dollars, then and only then does the general public find out about the crimes Jews have committed in this country.  Thankfully, for the time being, the internet cannot be censored the way news channels and news papers of  yesterday have been by those that control the media for the past 50 years. As such, a lot of dirt is coming to the forefront and yet still, the focus is shifted from the 500 MILLION dollar scams of men like Sholam Weiss (Jew) to the $7500 subsidized housing scams of some old lady.  FYI: Those of you using this piece of news to throw dirt of Armenians need to check yourselves a bit. This lady may have a name that sounds Armenian, but she is definitely is NOT Armenian. She is most likely a Russian Jew that has changed her name from "Aleksonovich" or "Aleksanov" in order to make it easier for her to immigrate from a post-Soviet state to the US. 

Tonydnan1999
Tonydnan1999

Whow whow whow people. Can't we all just get along? LOL

jazzgega
jazzgega like.author.displayName 1 Like

 who are "they"? your statement of attacking jews is absolutely disgusting. you are like the two people above calling out armenians.

Gmtelecom2
Gmtelecom2

Jews have been raping this country for the past 100 years. From the health care field to anything that has to do with finance. Yet we're catching heat for minor petty bullshit. 175k lmao give me a break. What about the 7 billion insurance policy that scumbag kike cashed in on the world trade centers...just because their names arent on the front pages of newspapers doesnt mean they arent doing anything wrong. They OWN THE MEDIA 

InTheKnow
InTheKnow

As hard as it is to believe, there actually are decent and hardworking people working at the HACLA.  This was one success story for the Fraud unit, one of many that go unnoticed by the news media.  I am sure that the investigators at HACLA work hard to make sure your tax dollars do not get mis-spent and abused by fraudsters.  Well done to them and the LAPD detectives!

Hamlet
Hamlet

LA Housing is also under scrutiny. Recently their board fired the housing director and board of directors were found to have placing their children under free housing.  Money and power fuels greed and it is more powerful that just covering one race. 

Mveehughes2004
Mveehughes2004 like.author.displayName 1 Like

Armenians are a corrupt race by their very nature. It's in their blood. They see no real criminal wrongdoing in attempting to bribe any official here, as they are used to doing this with Armenian politicians in their own land. The way they see it, their only crime was getting caught. I say hats off to the LA Housing executive who was so ethical and honest in turning in these filthy Armenians for the evil parasites they are!     

Samson
Samson

 This is unbelievable, and disgusting.  Perhaps your comment more so.  The deep rooted racism in this country never seems to surprise, or cease.  Yes, in this case they were Armenians, and whence people like you guys hear this you jump on it.  Imagine if others acted and responded the way you do to the crime, (yes even tons of fraud cases) committed by the majority of other races.  The fact is Armenians make up an incredibly small percentage of all crime, even fraud.  Learn your info, get your facts straight, and perhaps open your racist eyes to the truth and not the truth as you want to see it.

Jazzgega
Jazzgega

 wow, you must be full of hate brother to say such awful things about my people.

Decent American
Decent American like.author.displayName 1 Like

The police didn't release the names of the suspects because their Armenian names were too hard to spell. SIX DAYS IN JAIL and he was caught with $175,000 in cash - Now somebody please tell me that "Crime Doesn't Pay" - It certainly does if your last name ends in IAN or YAN and you live in Glendale!

karin.davalos
karin.davalos

She only served 3 days and no financial penalty.  At least they should have kept the $175 to recoup some of the rent she swindeled from the tax payors.

jazzgega
jazzgega

 and you call yourself "decent" american by calling out an ethnic group? you sound like a racist bigot to me. decent american has a discretion to know that in every ethnicity/nation/race there are some rotten tomatoes. your inability to recognize that is absolutely disenchanting so don't use the word "decent" and "american" together as you're absolutely misrepresenting the diverse spectrum of american people. peace.

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