波士顿25岁店主对食品券诈骗认罪：500平方英尺小店以 SNAP 换现金和酒，还出售捐赠餐食
美国司法部马萨诸塞联邦地区检察官办公室11月13日宣布，住在马萨诸塞州波士顿 Hyde Park 的 Saul Alisme（25岁）已在波士顿联邦法院对一项食品券诈骗罪认罪。他被指通过自己在波士顿经营的小型零售店，骗取了数百万美元的补充营养援助计划（SNAP）补助。联邦地区法官 Indira Talwani 已将量刑定在2027年2月10日，Alisme 于2025年12月被起诉。
Alisme 经营的 Saul Mache Mixe Store 位于波士顿 Mattapan 社区，是一间临街单门面小杂货店，面积约500平方英尺。起诉文件显示，尽管店铺规模、库存和食品种类都很有限，这家店的 SNAP 兑换量却异常之高，远远超出同类小店凭正常食品销售能够达到的水平。交易数据显示，该店只有约10%的 SNAP 交易金额低于40美元，超过70%的交易金额高于95美元，这种交易结构通常只出现在大型超市，而不是食品库存有限的小杂货店。
执法人员在该店的卧底行动中，两次亲历以 SNAP 补助换取现金，每一次都是 Alisme 本人在收银台亲自兑换。该店还被发现以 SNAP 补助换售酒类。此外，Alisme 在店内出售 MannaPack 餐食，这是由非盈利机构 Feed My Starving Children 生产的捐赠食品，全部由慈善捐款出资、本应运往海外分发给缺粮儿童，从未获准零售，Alisme 以约每包8美元的价格出售，从救济食品中获利。起诉文件称，该店几乎没有正当食品库存、正当收入极少，Alisme 几乎完全靠联邦农业部出资的 SNAP 兑换作为收入来源。
金额超过100美元的食品券诈骗罪，最高可判5年监禁、3年监督释放和25万美元罚款，Alisme 在服完所判刑期后还将面临递解出境。量刑将由联邦地区法官依据量刑指南和相关法律因素决定。此案由联邦检察官 Leah B. Foley、农业部监察长办公室东北区特别探员负责人 Charmeka Parker、联邦调查局波士顿分局特别探员负责人 Ted E. Docks 与波士顿警察局长 Michael Cox 共同宣布，由助理联邦检察官 Phillip A. Mallard 负责起诉。马萨诸塞联邦地区检察官办公室今年3月还专门成立了福利与选民诈骗小组，处理该州不断查出的福利诈骗案件，公众可拨打 1-855-SCAM-MA-1 举报涉嫌福利诈骗。
（来源：美国司法部）
Boston Store Owner, 25, Pleads Guilty to SNAP Fraud: 500-Square-Foot Shop Traded Benefits for Cash and Liquor, Sold Donated Meals
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts announced on November 13 that Saul Alisme, 25, of Hyde Park in Boston, Massachusetts, has pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to one count of food stamp fraud, for fraudulently obtaining millions of dollars' worth of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits through small retail stores he operated in Boston. U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani scheduled sentencing for February 10, 2027. Alisme was charged in December 2025.
Alisme owned Saul Mache Mixe Store, a small variety store in a single street-facing storefront in Boston's Mattapan neighborhood, occupying approximately 500 square feet. According to the charging documents, despite the limited size, inventory and food offerings, the store exhibited extraordinarily high SNAP redemption volumes, far beyond what could reasonably be supported by legitimate food sales. Transaction data showed that only approximately 10 percent of the store's SNAP transactions were for amounts under $40, while more than 70 percent exceeded $95, patterns typically associated with large supermarkets, not small variety stores with limited food inventory.
During undercover operations at the store, SNAP benefits were trafficked for cash on two occasions, and in each instance Alisme worked the cash register and personally exchanged the benefits for cash. The store was also observed selling liquor in exchange for SNAP benefits. Alisme also sold MannaPack meals in the store, a donated food product manufactured by the nonprofit Feed My Starving Children that is paid for entirely by charitable donations and intended for shipment and distribution to food-insecure children overseas, never authorized for retail sale. He sold the donated meals for approximately $8 per package, profiting from food intended for humanitarian relief. According to the charging documents, the store carried little legitimate food inventory and generated minimal lawful revenue, and Alisme relied almost entirely on USDA-funded SNAP redemptions as his source of income.
The charge of food stamp fraud greater than $100 provides for a sentence of up to five years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000, and Alisme is subject to deportation upon completion of any sentence imposed. The case was announced by U.S. Attorney Leah B. Foley; Charmeka Parker, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Inspector General, Office of Investigations, Northeast Region; Ted E. Docks, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Boston Division; and Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox. Assistant U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Mallard of the Organized Crime & Gang Unit is prosecuting the case.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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