A 64-year-old Kent man pleaded not guilty to charges in an alleged food stamp fraud scheme that resulted in a more than $600,000 loss to a federal nutrition program.
Manjit Bedi, the owner of a small Tacoma market, entered the not guilty plea Wednesday, April 22 in U.S. District Court in Tacoma, according to a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) press release. Bedi faces multiple counts of wire fraud and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit fraud.
“Every assistance dollar lost to fraud, is a dollar that could be feeding hungry children,” said First Assistant U.S. Attorney Neil Floyd. “This crime steals from taxpayers — including our most needy, cutting the dollars they have for food. We are committed to rooting out such fraud so that federal dollars go to where they are most needed.”…