32 people indicted for food-stamp fraud conspiracy based in Youngstown

YOUNGSTOWN — A federal grand jury today indicted 32 people for their suspected roles in a $2 million food-stamp fraud conspiracy, said Acting U.S. Attorney Carole S. Rendon.

Count 1 of the indictment alleges that beginning in or around June 2010 and continuing to October 2014, the individuals knowingly conspired to defraud the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, specifically the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the Food Stamp Program.

The objects of the conspiracy was to defraud SNAP by converting illegally obtained SNAP benefits into money that the defendants, their co-conspirators, and designees could use for any purpose and to enrich the defendants.

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