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Jose Pedorno
Police & Fire
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…