Man Pleads Guilty in Food Stamp Scam
A former food store operator who discovered that the black market was more lucrative than the grocery market pleaded guilty Monday to selling a house for $30,000 in food stamps.
Government officials called it one of the largest frauds ever uncovered in the $18-billion program, but they said trickery, deceit and theft are widespread.
“Just about anything you can buy in the United States for cash, you can buy for food stamps,” said Dave Dickson, a director of investigations with the Agriculture Department, which runs the program.
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