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| NJ dollar store owner admits food stamp fraud |
| 2013-09-12 |
| [MY9NJ] Authorities say the owner of $4 stores in northern New Jersey has admitted to a scheme in which patrons were allowed to make more than $5 million in fraudulent food stamp transactions. I think they might mean "four dollar stores," but who knows? Maybe there's a chain called "$4." Maybe it's that they only take freshly printed four dollar bills, which would be the kind of business Mr. Farooq might run... Essex County prosecutors say 49-year-old Muhammed Farooq of Somerset pleaded guilty Wednesday to theft by deception and agreed to forfeit $832,830, He faces up to seven years in state prison when he's sentenced Jan. 6. Authorities have said Farooq allowed patrons to use food stamps to buy nonfood items, such as electronics. They say the purchases totaled roughly $5.2 million and went on for nearly 2 1/2 years. Farooq owns two stores in Newark, one in East Orange and another in Elizabeth. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Prolly just a training issue. Send a cupala million $ and some Obamacare Navigators to this affirmative-action vortex and everything will be better for poor Muhammed.... |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2013-09-12 20:13 |
| #2 I think they should deliver food. Bloomberg and Moocherelle should "nudge" the menu those on benefits get. It would be ironic to see the nanny statists kill their own supporters with innedible food. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2013-09-12 06:06 |
| #1 Farooq owns two stores in Newark, one in East Orange and another in Elizabeth. Owned, not owns, he's out now. Earooq, wonder what religion he is. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-09-12 01:02 |