Tag: USDA
Ashley Jefferson, Food Stamp Fraud, Mississippi 2026
⏱ 2 min read Ashley Jefferson, a 25-year-old Jackson woman, has pleaded guilty to stealing $77,844 in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits from December 2022 to September 2023. As a Customer Service Representative Manager for Conduent, Jefferson used her position to access and obtain SNAP benefits belonging to recipients throughout the United States without…
Patrick Van Cott, Theft concerning programs receiving federal funds, Massachusetts 2014
⏱ 2 min read A brazen scheme to line his pockets with cash from a seasonal beachside snack shack has landed a former Plymouth Public Schools director on the wrong side of the law. Patrick Van Cott, 64, pleaded guilty to stealing food and equipment worth hundreds of thousands of dollars meant for the school…
Christopher Hill, SNAP Benefits Fraud, Mississippi 2026
⏱ 2 min read Christopher Hill, a 43-year-old man from Yazoo City, pleaded guilty to stealing $116,893 in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. The crime occurred between August 2022 and November 2023, with Hill exploiting his sister’s job as a Customer Service Representative for Conduent, a company that processes EBT payments for the state.…
Michael Lee Brooks, Theft of Federal Taxpayer Funds, Michigan 2026
⏱ 2 min read Michael Lee Brooks, a 47-year-old man from Hastings, Michigan, has been charged with stealing over $100,000 in federal taxpayer funds. The alleged theft occurred between 2019 and 2025, when Brooks failed to notify the Social Security Administration of his father’s death and continued to collect his father’s Social Security benefits. Brooks…
Aramis Manolea, Conspiracy to Defraud the US, Oregon 2025
⏱ 3 min read Two Romanian nationals, Aramis and Cristina Manolea, aged 35, have pleaded guilty to conspiring to steal over $27,000 in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits from low-income individuals and families in Oregon. Between April and November 2025, the couple used stolen Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) account information and Personal Identification Numbers…
Patrick Van Cott, Theft Concerning Programs Receiving Federal Funds and Wire Fraud, Massachusetts 2025
⏱ 3 min read A brazen scam that lasted over a decade has landed a former Plymouth Public Schools executive in hot water. Patrick Van Cott, the former Director of Food Services, allegedly stole food and commercial kitchen equipment worth hundreds of thousands of dollars meant for the schools to fuel his side business, the…
USDA Exec Cashes In on COVID-19 Relief Rewritten: USDA Exec, Embezzlement, California 2020
⏱ 2 min read A former USDA official in Honolulu, Hawaii, cashed in on COVID-19 relief funds, pleading guilty to accepting a $5,000 bribe. Jason Shitanishi, 60, was County Executive Director for the City and County of Honolulu in 2020 and 2021. Related Federal Cases Tony Sullivan, Donut Shop Robberies, Los Angeles CA, 2023 ·…
David Mongeau, Crop Insurance Fraud, Kansas 2020
⏱ 2 min read A Kansas farmer got caught faking storm damage to his crops, scamming the US government out of $541,645. David Mongeau, 54, of Holcomb, pleaded guilty to crop insurance fraud and bank fraud in a Wichita federal court. Related Federal Cases Del Hodges Kimball, Bankruptcy Fraud, California 2024 · Texas Amgen Inc,…
David Quinones, Wire Fraud, Illinois 2023
Chicago – David Quinones, 45, will spend the next four years and four months behind bars for systematically defrauding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps. The feds sentenced Quinones yesterday after he pleaded guilty to a single count of federal wire fraud, a charge stemming from a brazen, five-year scheme…
