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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1200443" data-attributes="member: 1246">This is why you never name anything after someone who&#039;s still alive !!!How fitting.Via <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/09/17/Obama-Express-Grocery-Store-Caught-in-Food-Stamp-Trafficking" target="_blank">Breitbart</a>:After Obama’s election in 2009 a small grocery store/convenience store in Florida changed its name to the <a href="http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/national/on-obamas-100th-day-its-his-namesake-mini-marts-169th/996738" target="_blank">Obama Express</a>. Several other stores across the country did the same thing. One of those was a location in Baltimore, Maryland. Now, in 2013, the Maryland outlet is under investigation, accused of illegally trafficking in food stamps.

On September 17, WBAL <a href="http://www.wbal.com/article/102769/2/template-story/Nine-Retailers-Arrested-for-Food-Stamp-Trafficking" target="_blank">reported</a> that nine retailers in Baltimore County had been arrested for illegally redeeming food stamps for cash and kicking back a portion to food stamp recipients. The retailers did not sell them any merchandise or food.

One of those indicted was one Abdullah Aljaradi who allegedly obtained $2 million in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) cash from Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards.
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[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 1200443, member: 1246"] This is why you never name anything after someone who's still alive !!! How fitting. Via [URL="http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/09/17/Obama-Express-Grocery-Store-Caught-in-Food-Stamp-Trafficking"]Breitbart[/URL]: [INDENT]After Obama’s election in 2009 a small grocery store/convenience store in Florida changed its name to the [URL="http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/national/on-obamas-100th-day-its-his-namesake-mini-marts-169th/996738"]Obama Express[/URL]. Several other stores across the country did the same thing. One of those was a location in Baltimore, Maryland. Now, in 2013, the Maryland outlet is under investigation, accused of illegally trafficking in food stamps. On September 17, WBAL [URL="http://www.wbal.com/article/102769/2/template-story/Nine-Retailers-Arrested-for-Food-Stamp-Trafficking"]reported[/URL] that nine retailers in Baltimore County had been arrested for illegally redeeming food stamps for cash and kicking back a portion to food stamp recipients. The retailers did not sell them any merchandise or food. One of those indicted was one Abdullah Aljaradi who allegedly obtained $2 million in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) cash from Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards. [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

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