便利店店主被控半价收购粮食券套现逾50万美元：买卡囤货给自家店补货再转售同行
Hollywood 位于佛罗里达州 Broward County。美国司法部佛州南区联邦检察官办公室 10 月 30 日宣布，52 岁的 Hollywood 便利店店主 Al Amin 已被刑事诉状指控：检察官指称，他与他人合谋，长期以约半价现金收购营养补充援助计划（SNAP，俗称粮食券）受领人的电子福利卡（EBT），再用这些卡批量买货，给自家便利店补货、并把多余货物转售给当地其他店主，涉案金额逾 50 万美元。
据法院记录，Al Amin 经营的便利店名为 Kwik Stop 72。诉状指称，他与同伙向 SNAP 受领人支付约为卡内福利金额一半的现金换取 EBT 卡，随后从多家零售商处批量采购商品，用于店内销售与转售，整起安排持续数年。
Al Amin 被控两项共谋罪名：一项为共谋非法取得、使用、转让或持有福利，一项为共谋实施电信诈骗。若罪名成立，SNAP 共谋一项最高可判 5 年联邦监禁，电信诈骗共谋一项最高可判 20 年。
这项指控由佛州南区联邦检察官 Jason A. Reding Quiñones、国土安全调查局（HSI）迈阿密办公室负责人 José R. Figueroa 与美国农业部监察长 John Walk 共同宣布。案件由 HSI 与美国农业部监察长办公室查办，移民与海关执法局（ICE）遣返行动处提供协助，助理联邦检察官 Joseph A. Cooley 负责起诉，案号 26-mj-06617。此案是司法部国家欺诈执法部门框架下办理的案件之一。
司法部强调，刑事诉状仅为一项指控，被告在法庭以排除合理怀疑的标准证明有罪之前，推定为无罪。（来源：美国司法部）
Convenience Store Owner Charged in $500,000 SNAP Fraud Scheme: Allegedly Bought EBT Cards at Half Price to Stock His Store
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Hollywood is in Broward County, Florida. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida announced on October 30 that Al Amin, 52, of Hollywood, has been charged by criminal complaint in connection with a years-long scheme to defraud the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): prosecutors allege he conspired with others to buy Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards from SNAP recipients for approximately half their value in cash, then used the cards to purchase bulk merchandise to stock his convenience store and to resell to other store owners in the area, in a scheme involving more than $500,000 in benefits.
According to court records, Amin's store is Kwik Stop 72. The complaint alleges that he and his co-conspirators paid recipients roughly half of each card's available benefit amount in cash, then used the fraudulently obtained cards at various retailers to buy merchandise in bulk, over a period of years.
Amin is charged with conspiracy to obtain unauthorized use, transfer, acquisition, or possession of benefits, and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. If convicted, he faces up to five years in federal prison on the SNAP conspiracy charge and up to 20 years on the wire fraud conspiracy count.
U.S. Attorney Jason A. Reding Quiñones for the Southern District of Florida, Special Agent in Charge José R. Figueroa of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Miami, and Inspector General John Walk of the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the charges. HSI Miami and the USDA Office of Inspector General are investigating the case, with assistance from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Removal Operations. Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph A. Cooley is prosecuting the case, docketed as case number 26-mj-06617. The case was brought as part of the Justice Department's National Fraud Enforcement Division.
The Justice Department notes that a criminal complaint is merely an allegation, and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. (Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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图片来源：图：位于 Fort Lauderdale 的 Broward County Judicial Complex（资料图）。Georgia Guercio 摄，CC BY-SA 3.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Broward County Judicial Complex in Fort Lauderdale. By Georgia Guercio, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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