Chicago grocery store owner gets 3.5 years for stealing millions from SNAP, WIC

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Chicago grocery store owner gets 3.5 years for stealing millions from SNAP, WIC

CHICAGO — The owner of a Southwest Side grocery store received three and a half years in prison for stealing from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Yousef Abu Alhawa stole more than $8.3 million from 2011 to 2019 as a grocery store owner in Chicago Lawn. He fraudulently redeemed SNAP and WIC benefits for non-eligible items or cash and redeem…

Chicago grocery store owner sentenced for $8M SNAP, WIC fraud

The owner of a Chicago grocery store has been sentenced to three and a half years in federal prison for defrauding government nutrition programs of more than $8 million.