One who takes from charity unjustifiably:[1]
Anyone who is [financially stable and] does not need to take from charity and fools others to thinking that he is poor and thus takes charity from them, then he will not die without becoming poor, and needing the charity.
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[1] Michaber 255/2; Rambam end of Matanos Aniyim; Last Mishneh in Peiah
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