Man Sentenced for Theft of Nearly $116,000 in Public Funds

Man Sentenced for Theft of Nearly $116,000 in Public Funds

A man who pleaded no contest to using fraudulent Electronic Benefit Transfer cards to withdraw nearly $116,000 in state public assistance benefits from bank ATMs in Lancaster, Studio City and West Hollywood was sentenced Tuesday to two years behind bars and two years on supervised release, including at least six months in a residential drug treatment program. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Craig E. Veals also ordered Ioannis Alecsopoulo…