Tag: USDA-OIG
Rajaie Ahmad Ali, SNAP Benefit Trafficking, Florida 2019
⏱ 2 min read Four men in South Florida have been charged with running a massive scheme to defraud the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) out of $19 million. Rajaie Ahmad Ali, 63, Sami Jamhour, 43, Cristian Giovanni Amaro, 27, and Adel Amro, 23, allegedly conspired to traffic SNAP benefits through authorized retail stores in…
Florin Serdaru, Wire Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft, Maryland 2022
⏱ 2 min read A 29-year-old Romanian citizen, Florin Serdaru, was sentenced to 39 months in federal prison for his role in a Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits fraud conspiracy in Maryland. The conspiracy, which took place in 2022, involved Serdaru and his co-conspirators obtaining EBT information from victims across the US, including in…
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…
