Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Florida: Largest food stamp fraud bust in history, $20M, Muslim store owners arrested
This was reported on the tapainfo.com website:
"South Florida reached another fraud milestone for what the Justice Department called 'the largest combined financial fraud loss for a food stamp trafficking takedown in history.' That dubious new record, federal prosecutors claim, is $20 million and resulted in a dozen charged with doing the government dirty via food stamp fraud, wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The 12 charged over four cases are Hasan Saleh, 59, Mohammed Alobaisi, 37, Reynold Francois, 38, Ihab Hassouna, 44, Mohammad Alteen, 33, Maria Jerdana, 36, Joe Ann Baker, 56, Yousef “Joe” Homedan Zahran, 60, Omar Hajje, 43, Jalal Hajyousef, 42, Andy Javier Herrera, 24, and father Javier Herrera, 49."
