Manjit Singh Bedi Was on FBI’s Most Wanted Fraudsters List
Husneara Choudhury : Manjit Singh Bedi, accused of defrauding the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) of at least $600,000, has been returned to the United States from India. Bedi, who was listed among the FBI’s Most Wanted Fraudsters, was arrested in India last September.
According to prosecutors, Bedi operated a grocery store in Tacoma, Washington, where he allegedly exchanged SNAP beneficiaries’ Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) benefits for cash and kept a portion of the funds. The alleged scheme resulted in at least $600,000 in fraudulent transactions.
