Talib Jawad Kadhim from East Haven, CT was sentenced to 15 months in prison for food stamp fraud, along with three years of supervised release. For one year, Kadhim exchanged his food stamps for cash at his privately owned convenience store.
Food stamps help low-income families by providing them with vouchers in a form of a booklet or in the form of an EBT card. These vouchers are to be used at supermarkets and cannot be redeemed for cash.
Kadhim was able to scheme $94,049.59 through his redemption of food stamps. Although he was able to get away with it for a year, eventually Kadhim's fraud caught up with him.
December 22, 2010 Talib Jawad Kadhim pleaded guilty to food stamp fraud and was sentenced a year later.
This story caught my attention because it disgusts me that someone is using a food source, for the less fortunate, as their own source of income. This is relevant because this could be occurring with more people. This man was caught after making around $94,000. If this article was put in a newspaper, I am sure investigations on this crime would be conducted to make sure it does not happen again.
ReplyDeleteIt still amazes me how someone could take advatage of this kind of situations. The intention is to help those most needed and somebody is making a profit by utilizing those benefits.
ReplyDeleteThis blog could be made into an article by following different cases like this one, or finding an estimate for the amount of money lost in this kind of frauds. I am sure the numbers will be surprising.