A federal grand jury has indicted 14 Baltimore-area retail store operators for committing food stamp fraud after they allegedly received more than $16 million for transactions where no food was provided. U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein said Tuesday the store operators traded Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for cash instead of food. For example, Rosenstein said, a store owner would give a customer $50 in cash, then bill the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) $100 and…
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