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Atlanta Rapper ARRESTED As Vance & FBI EXPOSE $42 Million Food Stamp Fraud Across America


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Inside the FBI field office in Cincinnati, Vice President JD Vance and Attorney General Todd Blanche announced a seven-week national sweep against food stamp fraud. More than 40 people were caught up in it, and the government put the stolen SNAP benefits at nearly $42 million.

How an Atlanta rapper and influencer known as Shawty Dred is accused of being linked to more than 500 stolen EBT cards and $4.4 million in losses 9,000 calls to Georgia’s benefits phone line from one number, and a store that took $635,000 His arrest at a Walmart, and again in Las Vegas A $29.7 million case run through Chicago food stores using stolen cards from Ohio families Card skimmers, a 124,000-pound baby formula ring, and the mother whose card was declined at the checkout

Presumption of innocence

Defendants who have not pleaded guilty or been convicted are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.

Sources

U.S. Department of Justice, USDA Office of Inspector General, FBI, WSB-TV Atlanta, Newsmax, WCPO 9, Cincinnati Enquirer.

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