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# Holocaust Fund Fraudster Sentenced To One Year
- URL: https://bklyner.com/holocaust-fund-fraudster-sentenced-to-one-year-in-prison-sheepshead-bay/
- Published: 2011-08-15T18:00:03.000Z
- Updated: 2011-08-15T18:00:03.000Z
- Author: Ned Berke
- Tags: holocaust survivors, polina anoshina, #API-Imported

The first of 19 cases pending against a fraud ring that scammed millions of dollars from a Holocaust survivors fund has ended with the [defendant receiving a year in prison](http://www.jpost.com/JewishWorld/JewishNews/Article.aspx?id=233051&ref=bklyner.com) and an order to pay back $105,000.

Polina Anoshina, a 63-year-old Brighton Beach resident, was accused of plundering the Conference on Jewish Material Claims for $9,000 for her own benefit. But authorities also say she played a key role in helping about 30 friends and neighbors scam the fund for an additional $100,000\. In addition to paying back the fund and a year in prison, Anoshina received two years probation.

“My entire life I lived a very hard life and a very difficult life; I never broke the law,” [Anoshina said](http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-08-08/news/29885431%5F1%5Ffund-for-holocaust-victims-holocaust-survivor-jewish-woman?ref=bklyner.com). “I swear that for the rest of my entire life I will never break the law again.”

The case first came to light in November, when [federal authorities unveiled charges](/local-scammers-bilk-holocaust-survivor-fund/) against the criminal ring of largely Brighton Beach residents, and included a number of caseworkers at the fund. The feds alleged the caseworkers colluded with the scammers over a 16-year period to find Russian-Jewish emigres to claim they were Holocaust survivors, often making up stories and forging documents, which the caseworkers then approved. In all, the fund claims it lost an estimated $40 million to the scam, though some have [offered to repay what they took](/holocaust-fund-recipients-asked-to-repay-thousands/).

Nine defendants have already pleaded guilty to charges relating to the case.