A federal grand jury indicted nine retail store owners in Baltimore City and Baltimore County for 'food stamp trafficking.'
Court papers said the retailers redeemed the food stamps for cash and split the money with food stamp recipients. The amounts totaled about $7 million. According to investigators, the retailers did not provide any food.
"Taxpayers fund the food stamp program to put food on the tables of needy recipients, not to put money in the pockets of greedy criminals," said U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein. "Food producers and distributors benefit when food stamp funds are used to buy food, and honest storeowners work hard to earn a profit by actually selling food. People who play by the rules deserve to know that criminals who defraud them will be held accountable."
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If they can charge these people with a crime are they also charging the people that used their SNAP card to get the cash? If they are misusing their snap cards they should be banned from getting welfare ever again.
ReplyDeleteAll immigrants bar one. AMAZING.
ReplyDeleteSo, they will get a mild admonishment and be told "don't do it again" and be set free.. Isn't our justice system wonderful??
ReplyDeleteLooking at the names it looks like all but one may not be U.S. born citizens. They are probably not paying any taxes, bringing in family members and changing ownership every seven years to keep from paying taxes. Time to go home!!
ReplyDeleteDoesn't this tell the powers that be anything??? The American people are being denied, stolen from, turned away, by the people we opened our borders to. They are taking full advantage and we are just turning our heads. Things are bad and only getting worse. God help us! CLOSE THE BORDERS AND LOOK OUT FOR US!!
ReplyDeleteWow, and not ONE bought seafood or junk food with them.
ReplyDeleteHorror.