Essex County, New Jersey, Man Admits Stealing $1.9 Million in Food Stamp Benefits [View all]

NEWARK, N.J. – An Essex County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in exchanging $1.9 million in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for cash, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.

Jose Perdomo, 34, of Newark, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Esther Salas in Newark federal court to an information charging him with one count of SNAP fraud and one count of engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activity.

According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:

From January 2017 to September 2018, Perdomo was an employee of M&R Supermarket, a small grocery store in Newark. His father, Juan Perdomo, ran the everyday operation of the business since M&R’s opening in 2015.

Read more: https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/essex-county-new-jersey-man-admits-stealing-19-million-food-stamp-benefits