Romanian welfare fraudster released from Kern Co. on bail from Gypsy church rearrested, charged with 40 new felony counts

A set of Kern County criminal cases against a Romanian welfare fraud scheme has taken a, perhaps unsurprising, turn: a prime suspect and two other individuals were arrested on fresh fraud charges as part of furthering their scheme.

Los Angeles County prosecutors charged Norbert Karaba, a man Kern County authorities arrested in January, with 40 additional felony fraud charges while out of Kern County Jail on bail posted by the Romanian Gypsy Church of Riverside…

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