- Besmullah Yaqoobi, co-owner of Sahara Halal Market, faces a public assistance fraud charge.
- Yaqoobi allegedly exchanged checks for EBT transactions without item purchases.
TAYLORSVILLE — The co-owner of a Taylorsville market is accused of essentially trading cash for food stamps.
Besmullah Yaqoobi, 45, of Salt Lake City, was charged Monday in 3rd District Court with public assistance fraud by a provider, a second-degree felony. Yagoobi and his partner were charged with a similar crime in 2025, but that case was laster dismissed in lieu of pending charges from the Utah Attorney General’s Office which were filed this week, according to court documents.
Yaqoobi was co-owner of the Sahara Halal Market near 4100 South Redwood Road, which has since been closed, according to charging documents…