{"id":280025,"date":"2025-06-07T20:13:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T20:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/activist\/trump-admin-shuts-down-massive-66-million-food-stamp-fraud-scheme\/"},"modified":"2025-06-07T20:13:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T20:13:59","slug":"trump-admin-shuts-down-massive-66-million-food-stamp-fraud-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=280025","title":{"rendered":"Trump Admin Shuts Down Massive $66 Million Food Stamp Fraud Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":" \r\n<br><div>\n\n                                        \n\n\n<p>A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) employee and five others have been arrested for allegedly defrauding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) of more than $66 million in unauthorized transactions,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/media\/trump-agency-uncovers-one-largest-food-stamp-fraud-bribery-schemes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to Fox Business<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins called it \u201cone of the largest stings\u201d in USDA history, emphasizing, \u201cAt USDA, we are hyper-focused\u2026 on rooting out that waste, fraud and abuse.\u201d She added, \u201cThis is a new day, and President Trump promised\u2026 that it would not be the government that we know.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The defendants \u2014 Michael Kehoe, Mohamad Nawafleh, Omar Alrawashdeh, Gamal Obaid, Emad Alrawashdeh, and USDA employee Arlasa Davis \u2014 face charges of \u201cconspiracy to steal government funds and to misappropriate U.S. Department of Agriculture benefits,\u201d according to prosecutors.<\/p><div class=\"g g-1\"><div class=\"g-single a-5\"><a class=\"gofollow\" data-track=\"NSwxLDEsNjA=\" href=\"https:\/\/brainsupreme.co\/MACRO15\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"850\" height=\"500\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.activistpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP-AffiliateAd-850x500-BrainSupreme-1.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/Screenshot%202025-05-31%20at%208.56.06%E2%80%AFAM.jpg?itok=0YKfGWOb\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/Screenshot%202025-05-31%20at%208.56.06%E2%80%AFAM.jpg?itok=0YKfGWOb\"\/><br\/>Fox Business News\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/media\/trump-agency-uncovers-one-largest-food-stamp-fraud-bribery-schemes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">writes<\/a>\u00a0that the scheme, which began in 2019, allegedly involved Kehoe supplying 160 unauthorized electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards to stores across the New York area, enabling over $30 million in fraudulent transactions. Prosecutors say Davis sold confidential information to criminals, undermining a program that \u201cvulnerable New Yorkers depend on for basic nutrition,\u201d U.S. Attorney Perry Carbone said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese charges should be a reminder that those who exploit anti-poverty programs for personal gain will be held accountable for their crimes,\u201d Carbone added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to officials, the group also submitted fraudulent USDA applications, misappropriated license numbers, and doctored documents to benefit unauthorized stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rollins vowed ongoing action: \u201cThat is no longer going to be allowed here in Washington,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is not the \u2018one and only.\u2019 There are going to be many more to come\u2026 We\u2019re going to make sure that we\u2019re delivering on our promises to the taxpayers.\u201d She concluded, \u201cIt\u2019s just the tip of the spear\u2026 There\u2019s going to be real consequences for breaking the law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n            \n        <\/div>\r\n<br>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) employee and five others have been arrested for allegedly defrauding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) of more than $66 million in unauthorized transactions,\u00a0according to Fox Business. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins called it \u201cone of the largest stings\u201d in USDA history, emphasizing, \u201cAt USDA, we are hyper-focused\u2026 on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":280026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12022],"tags":[32064,2074,11178,5709,1648,15674,33112,18016,1175],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-280025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activist","tag-admin","tag-food","tag-fraud","tag-massive","tag-million","tag-scheme","tag-shuts","tag-stamp","tag-trump"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trump Admin Shuts Down Massive $66 Million Food Stamp Fraud Scheme - Som2ny Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=280025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump Admin Shuts Down Massive $66 Million Food Stamp Fraud Scheme - Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) employee and five others have been arrested for allegedly defrauding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) of more than $66 million in unauthorized transactions,\u00a0according to Fox Business. 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