Posted on 06/04/2015 10:19:03 AM PDT by donna
(KFYI News) Two Valley shop owners are arrested of for allegedly defrauding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) out of at least $250,000, according to the Department of Economic Security.
Aamir Sheikh and Shahbano Sheikh face charges including fraudulent schemes and artifices, unlawful use of food stamps, money laundering, computer tampering, theft, and related offenses.
The men, who own stores in Phoenix and Mesa, allegedly allowed non-eligible SNAP items to be purchased using SNAP benefits.
“The Arizona Department of Economic Security is vigilant about ensuring those who need assistance receive it,” said Director Tim Jeffries. “When individuals choose to cheat the system for their own personal gain, it takes away assistance from those are in dire need. We are bringing down the hammer of justice on those who defraud the system.”
SNAP cardholders are permitted to use benefits only for eligible food items. By law, SNAP benefits cannot be exchanged or redeemed for cash. In a typical criminal transaction, the seller receives a portion of the value of the card in cash and the buyer, removes the benefits from the card through sham transactions.
The names don’t come as a surprise, it seems to be a culture thing.
“Oh, Snap!” ;)
Pictures are more revealing as many American blacks have adopted “Islamic Names.”
Or Mexican.
I wonder how much of this money goes to fund ISIS.
Mussies? You can bet CAIR will get involved claiming it’s their religious right to rip off the infidels.
No self discipline, maybe chopping off hands would help.
“When individuals choose to cheat the system for their own personal gain, it takes away assistance from those are in dire need.”
Now that there is FUNNY!!! Haaaa ha, LOL!
And how many of the cardholders participating in this criminal enterprise were arrested? None?!?! But their benefits were at least cut off right? Right?!?!
They're the only ones who own convenience stores.......
And for what it's worth, this type of fraud has been going on for as long as there have been food stamps.....
When the convenience stores in Detroit were primarily black owned, it was common to read of one getting busted for trading cash for the stamps for pennies on the dollar
If I said they were “Indians,” would I be called a racist?
Even if we say nothing we are still racist.
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