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Food Stamp Fraud Rocks Baltimore
Two convenience store owners in Baltimore have pleaded guilty to wire fraud after participating in a scheme to exchange food stamp benefits for cash.
Abdullah Aljaradi, 52, and Ahmed Ayedh Al-Jabrati, 58, both citizens of Yemen residing in Baltimore, entered their guilty pleas in connection with a scheme to illegally redeem food stamp benefits in exchange for cash.
The scheme, which took place from October 2010 to July 2013, involved Aljaradi and Al-Jabrati exchanging SNAP benefits for cash at less than face value of the EBT benefits and keeping up to 50 percent of the benefits for themselves.
The indictment alleges that as a result of these unlawful cash transactions, Aljaradi and Al-Jabrati obtained more than $2 million in payments for food sales that never occurred.
Aljaradi and Al-Jabrati each face a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. scheduled sentencing for Aljaradi on April 30, 2014, at 2:00 p.m. and for Al-Jabrati for March 25, 2014 at 1:00 p.m.
Aljaradi and Al-Jabrati operated two convenience stores, Second Obama Express and D&M Deli and Grocery, located next door to each other at 901 Harlem Avenue in Baltimore.
The guilty pleas were announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Special Agent in Charge William G. Squires, Jr. of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of Inspector General, Northeast Region; and Special Agent in Charge Stephen E. Vogt of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Key Facts
- State: Maryland
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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