Worcester, MA – Woman In $3.6M Food Stamps Fraud Scheme Gets Year In Prison

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    Worcester, MA – A woman who defrauded the federal government of about $3.6 million in food stamp benefits through a scheme she ran out of her Massachusetts convenience store has been sentenced to a year in prison.

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    The Telegram & Gazette (http://bit.ly/29t4Rnd ) reports Worcester (WUS’-tur) resident Vida Ofori Causey also was ordered Monday to forfeit the money she made in what prosecutors called the largest food stamp fraud case in the state.

    The 46-year-old Causey pleaded guilty in December to charges including conspiracy to commit Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits fraud and money laundering.

    Prosecutors had sought a nearly four-year prison term. Causey’s lawyer asked for probation.

    Prosecutors say Causey and two employees paid customers 50 cents cash for every food-stamp dollar and then received the full value in reimbursement from the government.

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    Information from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, Mass.), http://www.telegram.com


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    bennyt
    bennyt
    7 years ago

    $3.6 million for a year in prison? Sounds like crime DOES pay!

    Applestein
    Applestein
    7 years ago

    How did she do it?

    Normal
    Normal
    7 years ago

    And Rubashkin got 27. And was it worse?

    nat101
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    nat101
    7 years ago

    Wow! One Year??????
    Crooked Hillary and the whole gang….
    If this would have been a yid…….Besides a 20 year sentence, it would be on International media for weeks.