The White House is blasting Gov. Maura Healey for continuing to withhold personal information on Massachusetts SNAP recipients from the Trump Administration, as the latest SNAP fraud bust was just announced by federal authorities.
At the same time, U.S. Attorney Leah Foley announced an alleged SNAP fraud involving more than 100 stolen identities used to obtain over $1 million in SNAP and Public Unemployment Assistance benefits.
Healey was asked by the Herald if she should comply with the Trump Administration’s request to turn over the recipient data. This latest scheme comes just over a month after the feds busted a $7 million SNAP fraud scheme in Massachusetts, allegedly being run by two Haitian nationals.
“The state of Rhode Island picked up on the fraud in June of 2024, when they identified SNAP-EBT applications for 117 people — all of whom purported to be living in just two apartments in Providence. Rhode Island also discovered that many of the victims’ identities also received SNAP benefits here in Massachusetts,”
Raul Fernandes Visioso, a naturalized citizen from the Dominican Republic, allegedly carried out the scheme with two illegal immigrants and one green card holder.
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