Ricardo Santiago, 60, was sentenced in Hartford to six years and nine months in prison for fraudulently acquiring benefits. He must also pay back $371,686.
Changes in federal law will require Louisiana to spend $42.3 million more on the SNAP program in the coming fiscal year.
Nevada will now block SNAP recipients from using food benefits to buy candy or sugar‑sweetened drinks. The state joins 21 others that have received permission to restrict purchases of sweets with ...
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Ricardo Santiago, Of Hartford, Gets 5 Years In Fraud Case

A Connecticut man who faked his daughter's drowning in an attempt to skip court has been sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison after more than two decades of fraud, authorities said.
The FBI said Tuesday that it found explosive residue in a Pennsylvania storage unit as part of an investigation into two men charged with bringing homemade bombs to a protest outside the home of New ...
President Donald Trump told America that there were dead people walking around with no arms or legs during his Monday evening ...
Minnesota’s top financial officer says uncertainty in federal funding and the economic ripple effects of Operation Metro Surge are already affecting local governments across the state. Julie Blaha, ...
The federal appeals court review comes a day after Florida’s attorney general threatened lawsuits in the next month against tech companies who do not follow the law.
Donald Trump doesn’t appear to be on the same page as his Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth when it comes to a timetable on the ...
Michael Keith Burns, a retired reporter, foreign correspondent and editorial writer for The Baltimore Sun, died Feb. 22 at 85 of complications from a stroke.