Tag: Food Stamp Fraud
Esmeralda Soriano, Food Stamp Fraud, California 2025
⏱ 2 min read Esmeralda Soriano, the 48-year-old owner of a Santa Ana-based fruits-and-vegetables food truck, has been indicted on charges of food stamp fraud. Soriano, who also goes by the names ‘Esmeralda Aguilar’ and ‘Esmeralda Silva’, allegedly committed the crime in Santa Ana, California, between April 2025 and April 2026. Her business, Soriano Produce,…
Victor Madera, Food Stamp Fraud, New Jersey 2026
⏱ 2 min read Victor Madera, a 67-year-old businessman from New Brunswick, New Jersey, has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for running a massive food stamp fraud scheme out of his East Orange grocery store. Between May 2017 and November 2024, Madera’s employees exchanged SNAP benefits for cash, cheating the system out of…
Manjit Bedi, Food Stamp Fraud, Washington 2024
⏱ 2 min read Tacoma’s economy may be thriving, but one of its small business owners has been caught in a desperate bid to pad his profits. Manjit Bedi, a 64-year-old grocery store owner from Kent, Washington, allegedly ran a brazen food stamp scam that netted him at least $600,000 in stolen Supplemental Nutrition Assistance…
