How a USDA Employee and 5 Others Stole Millions From the Poor
Scott McClallen
3–4 minutes
President Donald Trump’s administration busted a $66 million food stamp fraud ring in New York.
U.S. Department of Agriculture employee Arlasa Davis had one job: stop food stamp fraud. Instead, she allegedly accepted bribes and caused $36 million of fraud over three years by sharing government data.
The Department of Justice charged six people for stealing over $66 million in food stamps from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in late May.
Every year, the federal government gives billions of dollars to poor Americans who spend that money at over 250,000 licensed retailers ranging from grocery stores to bodegas.
The SNAP program uses federal tax dollars to help low-income households purchase food using Electronic Benefit Transfer cards. The federal government licenses stores to use EBT terminals to process EBT funds from the bank account to the store’s account.
The alleged criminal ring – Michael Kehoe, Mohamad Nawafleh, Omar Alrawashdeh, Gamal Obaid, Emad Alrawashdeh, and Arlasa Davis – are charged with conspiracy to steal government funds and to misappropriate USDA benefits.
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