US EditionMattapan Shop Owners Charged in $7M SNAP Benefits Fraud Case
Two Boston store owners trafficked nearly $7 million in SNAP benefits by redeeming three to six times the amount of a nearby supermarket, prosecutors said.
- On Wednesday, U.S. Attorney Leah B. Foley announced that Saul Alisme and Antonio Bonheur face federal charges for a $7 million SNAP fraud scheme at their Mattapan stores on Blue Hill Avenue.
- Prosecutors say the operation began in 2022 and involved two owners using multiple bank accounts to launder SNAP benefits, with transactions exceeding more than $500,000 in a single month.
- Court records show undercover officers on June 11, 2025 and July 24 exchanged SNAP benefits for cash while buying small items, and one store measured less than 150 square feet.
- The defendants are scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court on Wednesday, and Leah B. Foley said her office will continue investigating while faulting the Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance for lax oversight.
- Nearly 42 million Americans receive SNAP, with most below the poverty line about $32,000 for a family of four, while the state receives more than $230 million monthly and maximum benefits reach nearly $300 individual, nearly $1,000 family of four.
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Prosecutors charge Haitian migrants in $7 million SNAP scam * WorldNetDaily * by Jim Hoft, the Gateway Pundit
Source link Federal prosecutors unsealed a major fraud indictment Wednesday, charging two Haitian migrants with operating a $7 million Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit trafficking scheme out of two small retail storefronts in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood. According to a newly filed federal criminal complaint, Antonio Bonheur, 74, and Saul Alisme, 21, are each charged
MASSIVE FRAUD SCANDAL: Federal Prosecutors Charge Two Haitian Migrants in Massachusetts in $7 Million SNAP Scam — Fake Stores Allegedly Raked In $480,000 Per Month on Taxpayer Dime | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hᴏft
Federal prosecutors unsealed a major fraud indictment Wednesday, charging two Haitian migrants with operating a $7 million Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit trafficking scheme out of two small retail storefronts in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood.
FBI Busts 'Shocking' SNAP Fraud Ring - Entire Stores Were Allegedly Set Up to Operate the Scam
Two Massachusetts men have been arrested in what prosecutors allege was a fraud scheme involving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. Antonio Bonheur, 74, of Mattapan and Saul Alisme, 21, of […] The post FBI Busts 'Shocking' SNAP Fraud Ring - Entire Stores Were Allegedly Set Up to Operate the Scam appeared first on The Western Journal.
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