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Newark Merchant Admits Taking Part In $3.5 Million Food Stamp Scam Newark Merchant Admits Taking Part In $3.5 Million Food Stamp Scam
Newark Merchant Admits Taking Part In $3.5 Million Food Stamp Scam The former manager of a Newark supermarket admitted taking part in a multi-million scheme to defraud the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Craig Carpenito said.  Juan Pedorno ran M&R Supermarket from October 2015 to September 2018, a period when the market was accepting SNAP payments via specially issued debit cards. The federally funded SNAP program, formerly known as food stamps, allows users to purchase food but the benefit cannot be exchanged for cash.  But authorities say Pedorno, along with his son Jose, did just that, exchan…

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by Paul Milo
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Store Owner From Teaneck Admits Pocketing $750,000 Of Taxpayer Money In Food Voucher Scam Store Owner From Teaneck Admits Pocketing $750,000 Of Taxpayer Money In Food Voucher Scam
Store Owner From Teaneck Admits Pocketing $750,000 Of Taxpayer Money In Food Voucher Scam A now-former store owner from Teaneck who was captured after fleeing the country admitted Thursday that he scammed the federal government out of more than $750,000 through a federal food voucher scheme. Jamil Bader, 60, put a small grocery store that he owned on Clinton Avenue in Newark in another person’s name because he’d been banned from participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) because of similar wrongdoing, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. This time, Bader admitted, he “repeatedly exchanged SNAP benefits for cash and kept a portion of the proceeds for him…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Wayne Couple Admits Buying $4.5M Worth Of Food Stamps From Their Paterson Grocery Wayne Couple Admits Buying $4.5M Worth Of Food Stamps From Their Paterson Grocery
Wayne Couple Admits Buying $4.5M Worth Of Food Stamps From Their Paterson Grocery A married Wayne couple who managed a grocery store in Paterson under someone else's name admitted Wednesday in federal court that they bought $4.5 million worth of food stamps from customers. Ibrahim Zughbi, 65, and his 61-year-old wife, Miriam, opened Jamaica Meat Market, a medium-size grocery store, in January 2014. They were authorized to accept benefits provided by SNAP -- formerly known as the Food Stamp Program -- which is administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Noticing a high volume deducted electronically through SNAP debit card…

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by Jerry DeMarco