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Former 7-Eleven franchisee admits food stamp fraud and money laundering

May 17 2012 Brett Wolf

The former owner of a Rhode Island 7-Eleven convenience store has pleaded guilty to running a food stamp fraud scheme and laundering the proceeds, federal prosecutors in Providence announced Wednesday. Syed Shah, 44, of Lincoln, Rhode Island, admitted that he allowed food stamp recipients to use their electronic benefit cards to obtain cash and ineligible merchandise such as cigarettes at his store in Providence, despite knowing that his actions were fraudulent. Shah also helped train his employees to exchange cash for food stamp benefits. Between July 2008 and December 2010, Shah bilked the food stamp program out of roughly $650,000. Food stamp recipients who wanted cash or prohibited merchandise allowed Shah and his employees to charge their cards a "surcharge," court documents state. For instance, those that wanted cash had to permit their cards to be charged two times the amount of cash they received.