Minnesota Grocer Charged With $1.1 Million SNAP EBT Fraud Scheme
Hennepin County prosecutors on May 12, 2026 charged Minnesota Food Grocery LLC owner Abdidwahid Mohamed with a $1,141,082 fraud involving SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) Electronic Benefit Transfer cards, authorities said.[1]
Prosecutors allege Mohamed used other people's EBT cards in 2021 at Sam's Club and Costco and then resold the purchased goods at his own store.[1] Investigators say surveillance footage and GPS data link purchases to Mohamed, and that some cardholders were abroad or denied shopping at the cited stores.[1] The criminal complaint says Mohamed received $1,141,082 in EBT payments and that he faces up to 20 years in prison or a $100,000 fine if convicted.[1]
In 2021, prosecutors say purchases made with those EBT cards at the warehouse retailers were funneled into Mohamed's business and then resold, prompting the Hennepin County probe and the filing of the criminal complaint.[1]
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- Hennepin County authorities charged Minnesota Food Grocery LLC owner Abdidwahid Mohamed in a SNAP fraud case reported May 12, 2026.
- The complaint alleges Mohamed used other peoples' EBT cards in 2021 at Sam's Club and Costco, then resold the purchased items at his own store.
- Prosecutors say Mohamed received $1,141,082 in EBT payments and faces up to 20 years in prison or a $100,000 fine if convicted.
- Investigators cite surveillance footage, GPS data and evidence that some EBT cardholders were abroad or deny ever shopping at the cited stores.
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