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Date Published
January 23, 2017
News Type
Press Release
Link to Original
justice.gov

United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger announced an indictment charging KYLE LEWIS KIRSCHMAN, 52, and HOLLY KAY BLOOM, 37, with conspiring to commit public assistance fraud.  The indictment was filed in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis on December 21, 2016.

According to the indictment, KIRSCHMAN owned a house in Mankato, Minn. The house was divided into two apartments. KIRSCHMAN occupied apartment 1. On June 13, 2006, KIRSCHMAN and BLOOM entered into a lease for BLOOM and her family to reside in apartment 2. KIRSCHMAN filed an application to have the apartment designated as Section 8 housing under the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Section 8 program. Among the requirements for Section 8 approval were that no member of BLOOM and KIRSCHMAN’s immediate families were related and that apartment 2 was the BLOOM family’s only residence. Around the same time, BLOOM applied for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Medical Assistance (MA) benefits. She did not list KIRSCHMAN as a member of her household...