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'It's just wrong': Spokane property owner accused of profiting from tenants' rent assistance while

SPOKANE, Wash. — A local property management company called All-Star Property Management is being accused of falsely claiming and stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in rent assistance. The accusation states the company obtained funding from the Treasury Rent Assistance Program for more than 30 tenants. Instead, a part of the proceeds went to someone who's behind bars. According to the complaint, this all happened while one of the property owners, identified as Arlin Jordin, was serving his prison sentence for drugging and raping a tenant. The amount of money that was supposed to benefit tenants during the pandemic was more than $200,000. On Boone Avenue, there's a house that is mostly for low-income tenants, including one man named Rich. According to the accusation, All Star Property Management Company violated the False Claims Act by falsely certifying that tenants had past due rent when they knew that the tenants were nor behind. "It's just wrong," Rich said. "It's the money that we can use. It's tough out here." The case was brought by a whistleblower who was a former tenant in the building managed by All Star. The U.S. Attorney's Office says this type of case is common, and it has impacted many tenants. "It can impact whether [a] tenant is eligible for other rent assistance programs in the future," Dan Fruchter, chief of the Fraud and White-Collar Crime Unit at the U.S. Attorney's Office, said. "It's also the public money. That's what [the] false claim act is about. These programs are really important.... [there's a] limited amount of money." According to the complaint, Jordin continued to collect income from five Spokane properties while serving his jail time. "When the property management company obtains TRAP funds, they keep percentages of that... about 10 percent," Fruchter said. "The remains go to the landlord in the case of [a] building zone by Mr. Jordin. That would go to Mr. Jordin. The landlord is actually getting the majority of tenants' rent and of course TRAP." Because the case is civil fraud, the U.S. Attorney's Office says it may not impact Jordin's current sentence. "Civil fraud allegations or civil fraud findings would not necessarily have a direct impact on a person's prison sentence," Tyler Tornabene, an assistant United States Attorney in Eastern Washington, said. Jordin will have an opportunity to respond to the allegations. Then, a jury will decide whether it's a violation in future trials. The U.S. Attorney's Office is asking anyone who has more information about this fraud to come forward for future investigations. ►Subscribe:    / 4newsnow   ►Website: http://www.kxly.com ►Twitter:   / kxly4news   ►Facebook:   / kxly4news