ATLANTA (WKRC) — A social media influencer has been arrested on federal charges accusing him of fraudulently obtaining more than $4 million in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, prosecutors said.
Mercedes Reshard New, who goes by “Shawty Dred,” was indicted by a federal grand jury on Oct. 7, according to U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg.
Prosecutors allege that between January 2020 and July 2026, New created 350 fraudulent SNAP accounts using other people’s stolen identities…