Aljordan Cannon is due in a Mississippi federal courtroom on Thursday, October 22, for sentencing on a food stamp fraud charge. The 28-year-old from Jackson pleaded guilty on July 15 to obtaining $16,968.72 in SNAP benefits that did not belong to him. Prosecutors say the benefits came through his girlfriend, who worked for a company that helps state governments manage EBT benefits.
The charge carries a maximum of 20 years in prison. A federal judge will set the sentence using the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
A customer service job and other people’s balances
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Mississippi described the case in a July 17 release. Jarane Bines was a customer service representative for Conduent, a company that partners with state governments to manage the distribution of EBT benefits. The office says Bines used that position to access SNAP and TANF benefits belonging to recipients across the country, without authorization. TANF is Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, the program that pays cash aid…