“Shocking and glaring” is how Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Leah Foley described a massive SNAP benefit trafficking scheme that netted nearly $7 million for two Boston small retail store operators.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts announced, “Two men have been arrested and charged in an alleged scheme to fraudulently obtain millions of dollars worth of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits through small retail stores they operated in Boston.”
How the Alleged SNAP Scheme Worked
Among other things, the men are charged with trafficking SNAP benefits for cash and with selling liquor in exchange for SNAP benefits.
“Defendants also allegedly sold donated food products intended for food-insecure children overseas,” according to Foley’s office. The MannaPack meals, manufactured by the nonprofit Feed My Starving Children, are intended for humanitarian relief…