Man wanted in 1994 food stamp fraud case arrested in Israel
CLEVELAND (AP) — A man who fled the United States after pleading guilty in 1994 in a $3.2 million food stamp fraud case has been arrested in Israel and returned to northeast Ohio, according to federal authorities.
The former Lakewood man has been wanted on an arrest warrant since 1995, when he fled before his federal court sentencing on three food stamp fraud-related charges, Cleveland.com (http://bit.ly/28LStTC) reported.
An August 1994 motion sought to allow Otallah and his wife to travel to Israel for two weeks to visit her family before his impending incarceration.