Million-dollar SNAP food stamp fraud scheme in Walz's backyard sparks outrage: 'Cruel joke'

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This is JUST ONE STATE  -  I bet there is 49 more with the same problems

 

 

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 have filed criminal charges against a man accused of a food stamp fraud scheme that defrauded taxpayers out of over $1 million. 

Abdidwahid Mohamed, the owner of Minnesota Food Grocery LLC, allegedly used EBT cards registered to others to purchase items at Sam’s Club and Costco in 2021 before turning around and reselling them in his store, 

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Authorities in Hennepin County say they observed Mohamed making purchases and followed him back to his store with the goods. Surveillance footage and GPS data backed this up, while investigators noted that many of the EBT cardholders were either out of the country or say they never shopped at the stores he used. 

 

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57 minutes ago, thetragichippy said:

This is JUST ONE STATE  -  I bet there is 49 more with the same problems

 

 

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 have filed criminal charges against a man accused of a food stamp fraud scheme that defrauded taxpayers out of over $1 million. 

Abdidwahid Mohamed, the owner of Minnesota Food Grocery LLC, allegedly used EBT cards registered to others to purchase items at Sam’s Club and Costco in 2021 before turning around and reselling them in his store, 

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Authorities in Hennepin County say they observed Mohamed making purchases and followed him back to his store with the goods. Surveillance footage and GPS data backed this up, while investigators noted that many of the EBT cardholders were either out of the country or say they never shopped at the stores he used. 

 

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The going rate was .50 on the dollar in SETX. People would give $100 cash for $200 worth of groceries on somebody else’s EBT acct. Some restaurant in Beaumont got popped a few years back for it. 

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