A Jackson, Mississippi man was sentenced to 17 months in federal prison for spending food stamp benefits that his girlfriend diverted from her job as an EBT customer service representative, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Mississippi announced Oct. 27. Aljordan Cannon, 28, was also ordered to pay $16,968.72 in restitution. He pleaded guilty July 15 to food stamp fraud.
The benefits did not belong to Cannon’s household. Prosecutors say his girlfriend, Jarane Bines, used her position at Conduent, a company that works with state governments on EBT benefit distribution, to access SNAP and TANF benefits of recipients across the country without authorization. Anyone on SNAP or TANF could wonder whether a card balance was among them, and the release does not say…