The owners of an Ohio butcher shop are accused of carrying out a $3.5 million food stamp fraud scheme over eight years.
Federal investigators raided Busch’s Country Corner in Cincinnati on Thursday after obtaining a search warrant to collect security camera recordings, financial records, and electronic communications as evidence of potential fraud, WCPO reported.
Federal documents state that store owners Michael and Amanda Busch trafficked $3.5 million in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and traded them for cash beginning in January 2010, and carried out the SNAP fraud scheme for the next eight years.
Investigators say Michael Busch’s brother Randall had also taken part in the scheme. All three suspects could face a number of food stamp fraud charges—including conspiracy to defraud the U.S., wire fraud, unauthorized use of SNAP benefits, access device fraud, and theft of public money.
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8 comments:
only took the feds 8 years to catch him.
Just get rid of the program. Snap, food stamps and whatever these folk receive for free. Too much abuse. A lot of these folks work and still qualify for the program. Illegals with their anchor babies are killing off. And, those ghetto moms with their drug dealing gangster boyfriends who come into the home and live for night fall are the true abuser. Just rnd the program.
Lock them up!
Watch out Skipjack's! You are on the watch list.
End SNAP and food stamps. Make the recipients stand in line for free flour butter peanut butter powered milk etc. No junk food. They can make peanut butter cookies just like my family did when the mines closed in PA. We were greatful for the handout. From there we graduated and moved to a city that had jobs. My point. Credit cards to buy anything someone on welfare is not fair to those who work for food to feed their families. Lack of junk food would also cut down on obesity and many other health problems.
Obama pass x 8 yrs.
Go after those who traded the food stamps for cash. Jail time and no more assistance.
11:52 If you know the secret word, you can get the "white folks" discount at Skipjacks.
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