WestVirginiaRebel Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Breitbart: Last week, Emad Khalil Karaein, Jawad Khalil-Ahmad Karaein, and Khader Khalil Karaein pleaded guilty for their roles in a food stamp fraud scheme at the Middle Eastern Market in Grand Rapids, Michigan, that cost taxpayers at least $1,278,700. The scam, which ran for nine years, involved the commonly used cash-for-food stamp scheme that trades reduced cash amounts for taxpayer-funded welfare benefits. In exchange for the three brothers’ pleas, charges against two other brothers–Salah Eddin-Khalil Karaein and Dawood Khalil Karaein–will be dropped. According to WZZM, the Middle Eastern Market bagged nearly $736,000 in Michigan Bridge Card (EBT) program and some $544,000 from the Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) welfare program. Meanwhile, in Florida, authorities busted up another multi-million food stamp fraud that resulted in a guilty plea in federal court last Tuesday by Basem Abualteen, who helped steal over $2.1 million in taxpayer-funded food stamp funds, reports the Lakeland Ledger. Shoenekia Abu-Aish pleaded guilty to involvement in the same scam earlier in December. ________ This is, of course, unrelated to the official food stamp scam run by the government... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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