跟进：司法部与农业部公布全国SNAP福利诈骗执法汇总：40余名被告、图谋损失近4500万美元

华盛顿——美国司法部国家欺诈执法司、美国农业部（USDA）与农业部监察长办公室10月21日联合宣布，三方自9月1日起联同13个联邦地区检察官办公室和犹他州总检察长办公室，完成了司法部首个「全国USDA福利与项目诈骗执法专项行动」。行动对40多名被告采取执法措施，其涉嫌或已被证实的骗局给联邦政府造成的图谋损失近4,500万美元，其中约4,200万美元涉及补充营养援助计划（SNAP，即食品券）福利诈骗，另有一案涉及针对农业作物保险项目的诈骗未遂。

司法部长 Todd Blanche 说：「这些骗局从纳税人手中吸走数百万美元，抢走生活拮据的美国人赖以生存的福利，供诈骗者自肥。司法部将继续与各联邦机构和项目一道，把诈骗连根拔起。」农业部长 Brooke Rollins 说，每一起 SNAP 诈骗都有两个受害者：急需帮助的家庭和纳税人，「我们会找到你，并以法律允许的最严厉程度起诉你」。

司法部国家欺诈执法司助理司法部长 Colin M. McDonald 说，这类骗局的人力代价「不是电子表格上的数字，而是一位母亲在结账时发现福利卡被拒付的恐慌、她的孩子因此挨饿」。司法部在公告中举例：一名四个孩子的母亲的电子福利转账（EBT）卡被盗刷后，直到在超市结账被拒才发现福利被盗，被迫借贷喂养孩子。农业部监察长 John Walk 表示，这次专项行动「只是开始」。国土安全调查局（HSI）代理执行副局长 John A. Condon 表示，HSI 正与执法和检察伙伴合作，追查使用盗刷设备、被盗身份和诈骗零售商的犯罪网络。

公告列出的最大子案发生在 Chicago：联邦大陪审团在俄亥俄南区起诉 Jorag Yaseen 与 Rami Kanaan。起诉书称，两人在 Chicago 经营获 SNAP 授权的零售食品店，于2024年2月至2025年4月间用窃取的 Ohio 州及其他州 EBT 账户信息处理数千笔交易，伪装成合法食品购买，图谋损失约2,970万美元，部分赃款被用于购买汽车运往海外。两人被控共谋电汇诈骗、电汇诈骗和共谋洗钱。

其他重点子案包括：佐治亚北区起诉说唱歌手兼网红 Mercedes New（艺名 Shawty Dred），指其关联超过500张佐治亚州 EBT 卡、诈骗损失约440万美元，10月13日在 Las Vegas 被捕；俄勒冈区 Dumitru 等人案中，用被盗福利购买婴儿配方奶粉跨州转售团伙的头目 Ana Patricia Escalante 已于9月9日被判联邦监禁27个月、赔偿240万美元，该案17名被告中已有12人获刑；密歇根东区 Woodley 与 Peavy 以650多名受害者身份虚假申领 SNAP，Peavy 已于10月20日被判监禁18个月。

这是10月21日当天联邦层面公布的第二项 SNAP 反诈骗汇总：同日，国土安全部已宣布启动针对冒领 SNAP 福利的非法入境者的大规模打击行动，副总统万斯的反欺诈专责组也在 Cincinnati 亮相。司法部表示，起诉书仅为指控，被告在被法庭证明有罪之前推定无罪。

Follow-Up: DOJ and USDA Unveil Nationwide SNAP Fraud Enforcement Surge: 40-Plus Defendants, Nearly $45M in Intended Losses

Washington — The Justice Department's National Fraud Enforcement Division, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the USDA Office of Inspector General on October 21 announced the results of the Department's first National USDA Benefits and Program Fraud Enforcement Surge, conducted since September 1 with 13 U.S. Attorneys' Offices and the Utah Attorney General's Office. The coordinated effort brought actions against more than 40 defendants whose alleged or proven schemes caused nearly $45 million in intended losses to the federal government, nearly $42 million of it involving fraud against the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). One additional case involved attempted fraud against a USDA crop-insurance program.

"These schemes siphoned millions from taxpayers and robbed struggling Americans of the benefits they depend on," said Attorney General Todd Blanche. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said every instance of SNAP fraud has two victims — families in dire need and taxpayers — adding, "We will find you and prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law."

Assistant Attorney General Colin M. McDonald of the National Fraud Enforcement Division said the human cost of these schemes "is measured not in spreadsheets, but in the panic of a mother whose card is declined and the hunger her children endure because someone hijacked their benefits." The Department cited a mother of four whose electronic benefit transfer (EBT) card was compromised and who discovered the theft only when her card was declined at a grocery store, forcing her to take out loans to feed her children. USDA Inspector General John Walk said the surge "is only the beginning." Homeland Security Investigations Acting Executive Associate Director John A. Condon said HSI is working with law-enforcement and prosecutorial partners to dismantle networks using skimming devices, stolen identities and fraudulent retailers.

The largest case listed was in Chicago: a federal grand jury in the Southern District of Ohio indicted Jorag Yaseen and Rami Kanaan, alleging they operated SNAP-authorized retail food stores in Chicago and, between February 2024 and April 2025, processed thousands of transactions using stolen Ohio and other states' EBT account information, causing an estimated intended loss of about $29.7 million, with some proceeds used to buy automobiles for shipment overseas. Both are charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

Other highlighted cases include rapper and influencer Mercedes New, known as Shawty Dred, indicted in the Northern District of Georgia over more than 500 Georgia EBT cards and an estimated $4.4 million in stolen benefits, arrested in Las Vegas on October 13; the Oregon Dumitru case, in which Ana Patricia Escalante, leader of a crew that bought infant formula with stolen benefits for resale, was sentenced on September 9 to 27 months in federal prison and $2.4 million in restitution, with 12 of 17 defendants sentenced to date; and an Eastern District of Michigan case in which Kirk Deshaun Woodley and Chantel LaShawn Peavy used the identities of more than 650 victims to obtain SNAP benefits, with Peavy sentenced on October 20 to 18 months in prison.

The announcement was the second federal SNAP anti-fraud rollout on October 21: the Department of Homeland Security the same day announced a major operation targeting SNAP fraud by people in the country illegally, and Vice President JD Vance's fraud task force appeared in Cincinnati. The Justice Department noted that an indictment is merely an allegation and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

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图片来源：图：美国农业部总部 Jamie L. Whitten 联邦大楼，摄于华盛顿。照片：美国农业部 Lance Cheung 摄，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / The Jamie L. Whitten Building, headquarters of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in Washington. Photo by Lance Cheung, U.S. Department of Agriculture, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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