PORTLAND, Ore. — More than a dozen people in Oregon have been indicted on charges including money laundering after allegedly stealing more than $500,000 from SNAP to buy baby formula to sell on the black market.
The Oregon Department of Justice indicted 19 people in the scheme, Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced on Wednesday.
The investigation began after retail partners notified a Portland police detective about large quantities of baby formula being purchased using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit cards. The retailers were concerned that the cards were possibly being used fraudulently…