BIRMINGHAM – A federal judge today sentenced a Bessemer man and former high school teacher and coach to eight months in prison, followed by eight months of home detention for food stamp fraud and falsely claiming a woman as his wife on immigration forms, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, FBI Special Agent in Charge Read More »
Four Huntington Residents Arrested in Connection with Illegal Food Stamp Fraud Scheme Investigation CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that two federal indictments have been unsealed after the arrest of four individuals involved in schemes to defraud the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (“SNAP”), formerly known as the Food Stamp Program. The indictments Read More »
BIRMINGHAM – Federal prosecutors today charged a Bessemer man and former Jefferson County school teacher with food stamp fraud and falsely claiming a woman as his wife on immigration forms, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, FBI Special Agent in Charge Patrick J. Maley and ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Raymond R. Read More »
ROCHESTER, N.Y.– U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Mousa Qadi, 34, of Rochester, N.Y., who was convicted of the unauthorized use, transfer, acquisition, alteration and possession of food stamp benefits, was sentenced to five years probation, including six months home confinement, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $84,243 by Read More »
Ordered to pay $2.5 million in restitution BROWNSVILLE, Texas – Parviz Sheikh Rezaei, 56, the proprietor of Pariz Dollar Supermarket in Brownsville, Texas, will be serving 46 months in federal prison for defrauding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as Food Stamp Fraud, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. The federal Food Stamp Read More »
ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA – A 29 year old Weston, West Virginia, resident entered a plea of guilty on January 10, 2012, in United States District Court in Elkins before Magistrate Judge John S. Kaull. United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced that: LENA LUNSFORD, entered a plea of guilty to one count of knowingly Read More »
PORTLAND, Ore. – Three Portland area women have been indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiracy to commit wire fraud related to the theft of food stamps benefits. Stephanie A. Campbell, 41, appeared before U.S. Magistrate John Jelderks on December 27, 2011, and entered a not-guilty plea to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and Read More »
Owned International District Store Linked to $1.6 Million in Fraudulent Transactions ELSA MA KWONG, 46, of Seattle, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 21 months in prison, three years of supervised release and $1,490,255 in restitution for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan. KWONG Read More »
WICHITA, KAN. – A Wichita couple who owned and operated an eastside grocery store and a food stamp recipient have been sentenced for food stamp fraud, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today. Sentenced were: Muhammad Qadeer Akram, 47, Wichita, Kan., the former owner of Alnoor Grocery Store, 5220 E. 21st in Wichita, who was sentenced Read More »
United States Attorney Kenyen Brown announces that William Douglas Smith, of Brewton, Escambia County, Alabama, pled guilty to Federal felony charges of illegally obtaining Food Stamps. While Smith was receiving Food Stamps he was required to complete short form Food Stamp applications during December, 2006 and November, 2007. Smith, for the purpose of obtaining Food Read More »
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