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DOJ Charges Dominicans, Others In Alleged Benefit Fraud Schemes Totaling $1 Million

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The Department of Justice on Thursday announced charges against nine individuals accused of fraudulently obtaining government benefits totaling nearly $1 million. Six of the suspects are purportedly Dominican nationals illegally present in the United States.

Brought by U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts Leah Foley, the charges come as part of the Trump administration’s “crackdown on benefit fraud schemes that exploited stolen identities to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer-funded programs — including Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), MassHealth and Social Security benefits,” according to a DOJ press release.

The Justice Department said the announced charges have been brought against the aforementioned individuals residing in Massachusetts and New Hampshire throughout the past nine weeks. Almost “$9 million in benefit fraud” has been unearthed since December........

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