A wealthy Jewish chiropractor who has been in practice for more than 20 years and his wife were living in a $1.2 million waterfront home while claiming almost $2,000-a-month welfare benefits and even food stamps, according to documents

A civil lawsuit has been filed against David Silverstein and Lyudmila Shimonova, from Seattle, who are accused of making false claims which included more than $1,200 in public housing vouchers, plus state and government disability cheques and even food stamps. Prosecutors are demanding that they pay back more than $135,000 in federal housing assistance since 2003 and are seeking tens of thousands of dollars in fines. It is thought that the couple have spent some of the money they claimed over the last eight years flying to Moscow, Paris, Israel, Turkey, Mexico and the Dominican Republic. All the while, federal authorities say, the couple was collecting more than $100,000 in welfare. Shimonova also received benefits under the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, as well as Social Security cash reserved for people who can't work due to age or disability and whose assets fall below a certain threshold - $3,000 for a married couple or $2,000 for a single person, the complaint said.