A Ghanian national who pleaded guilty Thursday to conducting nearly $300,000 worth of food stamp fraud may face deportation.
Prosecutors say that Esther Acquaye, 49, who owned Esther’s Fashion Paradise in Worcester, Massachusetts, allowed Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients to trade their benefits for cash, paying them 50 cents for every SNAP dollar redeemed.
She then pocketed the full value of the SNAP benefits from the federal government.
Acquaye pleaded guilty to several charges, including aiding and abetting food stamp fraud, conspiracy, and trafficking counterfeit goods.
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3 comments:
May face deportation?
How the hell does someone in the fashion business cash in food stamps?
Then when she gets off the plane, she will talk to friends and family and tell them what she did and they will all have a big laugh over it. "Haaaa haaaa, stupid Americans."
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