Tag: DSS
Brendyn Andrew, SNAP Benefits Fraud, Maryland 2025
⏱ 2 min read Brendyn Andrew, a 34-year-old from Gaithersburg, Maryland, was the mastermind behind a SNAP benefits fraud scheme that involved misusing identities of over 30 individuals to obtain electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards. Between February and June 2021, Andrew used the Department of Human Services’ online system to apply for SNAP benefits, intentionally…
Eric Tataw, COVID Relief Fund Embezzlement, Maryland 2020
⏱ 3 min read A Gaithersburg, Maryland man orchestrated a brazen COVID-19 relief scheme, swiping over $163,000 in PPP funds for his phony company. Eric Tataw, 39, applied for two loan applications, making outlandish claims about his business’s employees and payroll. On his loan applications, Tataw made several materially false statements, including inflating the number…
Shawn Livingston, Paid Minors for Explicit Photos, Annapolis MD, 2023
Shawn Livingston, a 38-year-old former IT professional from Annapolis, Maryland, is facing a federal indictment alleging he preyed on teenage girls across state lines, paying them for sexually explicit images. The feds say Livingston used the ephemeral messaging app Snapchat as his hunting ground, systematically grooming and exploiting at least five victims, all between 15…
