Ghanian National Sentenced to Eight Months in Prison for $300,000 Food Stamp Fraud
A U.S. District Court judge sentenced a Ghanian national convicted of carrying out a $300,000 food stamp fraud scheme to eight months behind bars Friday.

A U.S. District Court judge sentenced a Ghanian national convicted of carrying out a $300,000 food stamp fraud scheme to eight months behind bars Friday.

Federal investigators uncovered $8.4 million in food stamp fraud at an Ohio meat delivery business, according to recently unsealed federal court filings.

House Republicans on Wednesday pushed forward with their plan to strengthen work requirements for food stamp recipients under the 2018 Farm Bill.

The District of Columbia’s health department is ditching a taxpayer-funded ad campaign urging the public to report food stamp fraud.

President Trump’s re-election campaign released a statement Monday celebrating the decline of nearly 600,000 people using food stamps in one month.

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Michael Conaway (R-TX) detailed his plan to combat waste, fraud, and abuse on Breitbart News Sunday.

More than half a million people dropped off the food stamp rolls in a single month, according to the latest figures from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Ten Lt. Governors sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Wednesday, urging the senator to consider legislation that would give states greater flexibility to hire private contractors to better service entitlement programs and benefit state taxpayers.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service announced Thursday that it is hiring a “chief integrity officer” to prevent fraud in the nation’s food stamp program.

West Virginia Governor Jim Justice signed legislation Tuesday requiring food stamp recipients residing in the state to work or volunteer to receive benefits.

Model Chrissy Teigen announced her departure as a user from Snapchat, Saturday, following Rihanna’s own attack on the platform this month.

Adam Meier, deputy chief of staff to Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, called for greater state flexibility in an exclusive interview with Breitbart News to hire private contractors to better service entitlement programs and benefit Kentucky taxpayers.

A South Carolina man was sentenced to prison and owes the government $1 million for committing food stamp fraud.

Enrollment in the food stamp program plunged by more than 1.3 million since Trump’s inauguration month, according to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

The West Virginia Senate passed legislation Friday that would require food stamp recipients in the state to work at least 20 hours a week to receive benefits.

More than 35,000 U.S. retailers trafficked more than $1 billion in food stamp benefits a year over a period of three years, a report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) found.

A new poll released on Friday revealed that nearly half of Americans of President Donald Trump’s changes to the country’s food stamp program.

The debate surrounding food stamp recipients focuses on able-bodied adults without children, and a report released Thursday found that more than half of parents without disabilities who receive food stamps do not work.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed Wednesday that it would consider SNAP recipients’ religious and dietary preferences for the “America’s Harvest Box” proposal.

Two Tennessee men have been accused of running a food stamp fraud scheme in which they traded food stamp benefits for cash and heroin.

The Trump administration proposed a plan that would deliver food items to food stamp recipients as part of their benefits package.

Four million people dropped off the food stamp rolls in one month, according to the latest numbers on food stamp enrollment from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

The state of Utah will be investigating polygamous Mormon sect members for allegedly misusing food stamps after an FBI raid in 2016 uncovered food stamp fraud within the sect.

A Tennessee meat market owner is accused of carrying out a $1.2 million food stamp fraud scheme where he traded benefits for cash.

Food stamp participation in Florida soared by 2.5 million in one month, according to the latest data on food stamp enrollment from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

A judge sentenced a Baltimore shopkeeper last week to 27 months behind bars for trafficking $1.5 million in food stamps.

The number of people enrolled in food stamps dropped by two million since President Trump took office, according to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

A list of the seven biggest government crackdowns of food stamp fraud in 2017 under the Trump administration.

The year 2017 ushered in a change in how many Americans enrolled in the food stamp program and how much the government spent on it.

Participation in the Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) welfare program hit a 17-year low in 2017, according to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Nearly one-in-five amnestied aliens could go on food stamps if Congress approves a DACA amnesty, according to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office.

Federal prosecutors are accusing both the owner and the manager of a convenience store in Guam of committing food stamp fraud.

A Ghanian national who pleaded guilty Thursday to conducting nearly $300,000 worth of food stamp fraud may face deportation.

The amount of money the federal government spends on the food stamp program has hit a seven-year low, according to the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) data outlining the cost of the food stamp program.

An Iraqi immigrant who owned a halal market in Portland, Maine, pleaded guilty to using his store to commit millions of dollars in food stamp fraud.

A North Texas woman faces charges for allegedly sending three separate explosive devices to then-President Barack Obama, Governor Greg Abbott, and the Social Security Administration in late 2016.

Another quarter, another huge disappointment from the makers of Snapchat. Shares of Snap fell by 20 percent in after-hours trading.

Food stamp usage under the Trump administration has taken a nosedive at both the state and national levels, thanks to federal and state policies giving people incentives to choose work over welfare.

The state of Oregon has more food stamp recipients than students enrolled in the state’s public schools, according to a Breitbart News analysis of state and federal data.

Nearly 1.5 million Americans dropped off the food stamp rolls since President Trump’s inauguration in January 2017, according to the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) statistics on food stamp enrollment.
