Thirty-two people were arrested in an alleged food stamp fraud scheme at a Texas restaurant that involved 62 people in June 2019, prosecutors said Wednesday.
The Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office released a list of 32 people who have been arrested since prosecutors indicted 62 people on counts of electronic benefits transfer fraud
The alleged ringleader of the scheme, restaurant owner Johnny Ray Coleman, was accused of using $71,000 worth of food stamp benefits to purchase food he then sold at Coleman’s Burger Deli in Beaumont, Texas, LMT Online reported.
Coleman was arrested and then later released on bond.
He is one of 62 people who took part in an elaborate food stamp fraud scheme using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, prosecutors said.
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$71,000 buys a lot of illegal BBQ. Look out, cheaters!
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ReplyDeleteThe ENTIRE WELFARE system is run by CROOKED people. You want to get rid of welfare fraud?? FIRE THE EMPLOYEES!!
ReplyDeleteThe Amish been doing it for decades. What can you do?
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ReplyDeleteYou're an idiot. The Amish don't need food stamps nor do they collect it. That is why they are exempt from paying taxes. They grow almost all of their own food.