<|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|>Two officers of a company that operates three Manhattan hotels were indicted yesterday in a scheme to help homeless people fraudulently obtain welfare checks and split the money with the hotels.
District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau of Manhattan, who announced the<wm> indictment of two of the company's officers for grand larceny, racketeering, and mail fraud, stated that his office worked closely in collaboration with the hotels and government agency officials to bring criminal charges.&#x20;

According to the Department of Social Services, the hotels have been operating under the auspices of the Department's Section 209 program that helps low-income residents to access food and get aid for non-food assistance in hard to reach locations, such as the city’s emergency aid shelter</wm> and homeless hostels.&#x20;"

It appears some of the company’s actions can help