Criminals will dependably discover better approaches to take, however when it’s the American citizens getting defrauded, it’s considerably more ridiculous. Americans are generally the most liberal individuals on the planet and the SNAP program, once in the past called food stamps, was made to help supplement the dietary needs of those individuals unfit to bear the cost of it all alone. Be that as it may, the program can be mishandled by deceitful individuals.

A few Muslim businesspeople in Maryland conceded and were sentenced duping the SNAP program out of $16 million dollars and adapted rapidly their Islamic confidence wouldn’t give them any extraordinary benefit, this time!
Via Mad World News:

According to the Maryland District of U.S. Attorney’s Office, [Muhammad] Sarmadand his co-conspirators have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit food stamp fraud and wire fraud through schemes to redeem food stamp benefits in exchange for cash.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is designed to provide a more nutritious diet for low-income individuals. Benefit recipients are issued a card that works like a debit card and uses it to buy only approved items.

Retailers, like the Sarmad stores, apply to be part of the program, and when a customer presents them with a card, they use a point-of-sale terminal that checks the customer’s SNAP benefit balance. Retailers can only bill the government in return for providing approved food items. However, that’s not what happened in this case.

Sarmad, co-defendant Mohammad Irfan, and other family members owned and / or operated by New Sherwood Market, 6324 Sherwood Road in Northwood, Maryland; Martin Mart, 1504 Martin Boulevard in Middle River, Maryland; Rosedale Mart, 6326 Kenwood Avenue and Rosedale, Maryland; And M & A Mart 7400-A Belair Road in Baltimore. All of the stores were authorized to accept SNAP, except the M & A Mart.

According to their plea agreements, from October 2010 until at least July 2016, Sarmad, Irfan, and their co-conspirators exchanged EBT benefits for cash, and violated food stamp program rules. Sarmad, Irfan, and their co-conspirators typically paid half the value of EBT benefits in cash. To avoid detection, they often debited the funds from the card in multiple transactions over a period of hours or days, or called another store where the transaction was processed manually. [Source: Breaking 911]

U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett was not impressed by the guilty plea, and he let everyone know it when he sentenced Sarmad to 18 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered him to pay restitution of $ 3,550,662. Irfan faces up to 5 years in prison and is being detained until sentencing, which is scheduled for May.