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Article: INFORMATION ISSUED BY U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR CONNECTICUT ON OCT.27: NEW HAVEN STORE OWNER ADMITS DEFRAUDING FEDERAL FOOD STAMP PROGRAM OF MORE THAN $328,000
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
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- November 6, 2009
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NEW HAVEN, Conn., Oct. 27-- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for Connecticut issued the following press release:
Nora R. Dannehy, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MANILAL JOITARAM PATEL, 57, of Hamden, pleaded guilty today before Senior United States District Judge Alfred V. Covello in Hartford to one count of food stamp fraud.
According to court documents and statements made in court, PATEL owned and operated Sadavi Mini Mart, located at 34-C Cinque Green in New Haven. In October 2005, Sadavi Mini Mart began to participate in the Federal Food Stamp Program ("FSP"), which is administered by the United States Department of ...