Minneapolis Grocer Abdidwahid Mohamed Charged in $1.1 Million SNAP Fraud Scheme

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REPORTER: "Meantime, charges announced tonight after more than $1 million in SNAP benefits were stolen in Minnesota. And according to those charges, 60 year old Abdidwahid Mohamed used other people’s EBT cards to buy products from Walmart, Sam’s Club and Costco, and then sold those items at his own grocery store called Minnesota Food Grocery. From March to August of 2021, he purchased $1.1 million — this is in products through various EBT cards — and an investigation found he promised payment and even free groceries from his store for people who gave him those cards."