Baltimore, MD (JK) – A 22-year-illegal alien with dual Romanian and Irish citizenship has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to defraud the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP).
Fabritio Sardaru participated in a scheme that targeted Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards across Maryland and multiple other states including California, Kentucky, Tennessee, and New York. Using skimming devices and other methods, Sardaru and co-conspirators collected EBT information from victims, cloned cards, and used them to make fraudulent purchases, often in bulk.
In July 2022, Sardaru and a co-conspirator used cloned cards to buy 11 cans of baby formula in Howard and Montgomery counties. During a traffic stop that same day, Montgomery County Police discovered approximately 353 cans of baby formula in the vehicle…