Four Charged in $1 Million SNAP & Pandemic Aid Fraud Spanning Rhode Island and Massachusetts

Four Charged in $1 Million SNAP & Pandemic Aid Fraud Spanning Rhode Island and Massachusetts

Newport Buzz Four Charged in $1 Million SNAP & Pandemic Aid Fraud Spanning Rhode Island and Massachusetts Federal prosecutors say more than $1 million in taxpayer-funded benefits meant for struggling families in Massachusetts and Rhode Island was siphoned off in a brazen fraud scheme that allegedly used stolen identities to bankroll a local restaurant. Three defendants were arrested and a fourth charged in the case, which authorities say relied …

Four Venezuelan Migrants Charged in $1 Million Food Stamp Fraud in Massachusetts

Four Venezuelan migrants in Massachusetts have been charged in a one million-dollar, multi-state Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) fraud, federal prosecutors revealed on Tuesday. The post Four Venezuelan Migrants Charged in $1 Million Food Stamp Fraud in Massachusetts appeared first on Breitbart.

Venezuelan nationals, two others charged with stealing 115 identities to collect $1 million in Food Stamps · American Wire News

Stolen identities, pandemic unemployment, food funds, and Venezuelan nationals came together in a fraud scheme that bilked over $1 million in multiple states. “Three individuals have been arrested, and another individual has been charged, with an alleged fraud scheme that used the stolen identities of more than 100 individuals to obtain $440,000 in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits from Massachusetts and Rhode Island,” ac…

'Tip of the iceberg': Venezuelans accused of stealing over 100 identities for massive welfare fraud scheme

It appears Somali fraudsters may have some competition.