Sunday, July 14, 2019
Louisiana: Third Muslim arrested in $1.2M food-stamp fraud case
An Alexandria man, already in jail for allegedly trying to kill his girlfriend's unborn baby, now stands accused of racketeering, more than $1 million in food-stamp fraud and more.
The third suspect in a food-stamp fraud investigation was booked into the Rapides Parish Detention Center on Wednesday, Louisiana State Police confirmed.
Mustafa Abdel Abdelatif, 45, of 900 block of College Drive in Pineville, remains in jail on a $175,000 bond on one count each of racketeering, money laundering, bank fraud, computer fraud, unauthorized use of food stamps, illegal possession of stolen things and criminal conspiracy.
He has no court dates yet, according to the Rapides Parish Clerk of Court's website.
Fellow defendant Mohammad Abudayeh, 25, also remains in jail. Danny Assaf, 47, was booked into jail on April 23 and bonded out on April 25.
Abudayeh is set to be arraigned June 28 on two counts of bank fraud, two counts of computer fraud, two counts of unauthorized use of supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) benefits and one count each of money laundering and racketeering.
His bond is $715,000 on these charges and unrelated charges of attempted first-degree feticide and criminal conspiracy.
Mustafa Abdel Abdelatif, 45, of 900 block of College Drive in Pineville, remains in jail on a $175,000 bond on one count each of racketeering, money laundering, bank fraud, computer fraud, unauthorized use of food stamps, illegal possession of stolen things and criminal conspiracy.
He has no court dates yet, according to the Rapides Parish Clerk of Court's website.
Fellow defendant Mohammad Abudayeh, 25, also remains in jail. Danny Assaf, 47, was booked into jail on April 23 and bonded out on April 25.
Abudayeh is set to be arraigned June 28 on two counts of bank fraud, two counts of computer fraud, two counts of unauthorized use of supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) benefits and one count each of money laundering and racketeering.
His bond is $715,000 on these charges and unrelated charges of attempted first-degree feticide and criminal conspiracy.
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| Mohammad Abudayeh (left) and Danny Assaf (Photo: Courtesy/Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office) |
Assaf, who faces charges of racketeering, money laundering, bank fraud, computer fraud and unauthorized use of SNAP benefits, has no court dates scheduled.
The three were arrested by state police in an investigation that began last June. It was triggered by an unusually high volume of food-stamp transactions, $1.2 million between October 2017 and March, at Abudayeh's store, the Food Mart at 2512 3rd St. in Alexandria.
Investigators from state police's Bureau of Investigations' Insurance Fraud Unit and the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services' Fraud and Recovery Unit allege that Abudayeh paid cash for people's food stamps and then made illegal purchases through the food-stamp program.
As part of the investigation, about 150 people were interviewed. Of those, 104 had their benefits revoked and are being required to repay $254,132.64 in fraudulent purchases made using their...
To All The Hard Working ICE Employees Working Today - THANK YOU!!!
Enforcing American Law Is A Noble Act.
Omar Questions the Patriotism of American-Born Citizens
Freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) on Saturday questioned the patriotism of American-born citizens, claiming she "probably love[s] this country more than anyone who is naturally born" in the United States.
Omar participated in a foreign policy panel at the liberal Netroots Nation conference in Philadelphia when she made her comment. Omar began her remarks by making light of her past anti-Semitic comments and the backlash that has resulted from them.
"Something that I get criticized for all the time. It's not what you think, so don't gasp," Omar said, prompting laughter from the panel and audience.
"It is that I am anti-American because I criticize the United States," Omar said. "I believe, as an immigrant, I probably love this country more than anyone that is naturally born and because I am ashamed of it continuing to live in its hypocrisy."
She went on to talk about how people ask her why she can't be "more like an American," noting how it "used to be a very positive thing."
"We export American exceptionalism, the great America, the land of liberty and justice. If you ask anybody walking on the side of the street somewhere in the middle of the world they will tell you, ‘America the great,' but we don't live those values here. That hypocrisy is one that I am bothered by. I want America the great to be America the great.
Omar is the first Somali-American elected to Congress. She arrived in the United States when she was 12-years-old after she fled Somalia during a civil war for a...
REPORT: Trump Plotted Clinton-Epstein Takedown For Years, Knew About Clinton ISLAND PHOTOS
President Donald Trump plotted his takedown of accused child trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s elite inner circle during the 2016 election, convening a meeting with then-National Enquirer owner David Pecker prior to Trump’s comment at CPAC 2015 about how Bill Clinton has a Jeffrey Epstein problem.
Vanity Fair reports: “Trump had been following the story closely. In the week or so leading up to his CPAC speech, David Pecker, who owned the Enquirer until it was sold in ruin earlier this year, visited Trump on the 26th floor of Trump Tower, bringing along an issue with a Prince Andrew and Epstein-related cover, according to people familiar with the meeting. Pecker, of course, was in the business of protecting Trump…Pecker, he later told me, used to send him articles and issues before they were published so that he and Trump could read them. After the meeting Trump called in Sam Nunberg, then a Trump Organization employee, who saw Pecker leaving Trump’s office. “Michael was sitting in there when I came in, and the issue of the National Enquirer with the pictures of Prince Andrew was on his desk,” Nunberg recalled. “He said not to tell anyone, but that Pecker had just been there and had brought the issue with him. Trump said that Pecker had told him that the pictures of Clinton that Epstein had from his island were worse.'”
Interesting.
This was well known to close observers.
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Pentagon wants to secure supply of rare earths after Chinese threats to cut exports – report
The US military has asked miners to come up with plans to develop domestic rare earths mines and processing facilities, an exclusive report, which cites a government document, said. At the same time the Pentagon asked the miners to detail their demand for rare earths.
related: China can’t control the market in rare earth elements because they aren't all that rareThe Pentagon wants a quick response from the manufacturers and gave them just a few weeks, until the end of July. After a review of the responses, the agency reportedly may then offer financial assistance to support the vital industry.
The Pentagon’s urgency is understandable, due to the fact the US relies for supplies of rare earth materials on China, its trade war rival. The group of 17 rare elements is extremely important: they are used in most of high-tech devices and the military needs them to make fighter jets, precision-guided weapons and various other electronics.
The US was once one of the biggest rare earths producers, but has long lost this status; it may take years before it can dethrone China from its leading position. While China accounts for roughly 30 percent of the world’s total reserves of the materials, it produces more than 80 percent of the global supply. Some 80 percent of rare earths used in the US between 2014 and 2017 came from China.
As trade tensions have been escalating between the two largest economies, Chinese government-linked media fueled fears that Beijing may play the rare earth card to hit back against US pressure. China already reduced its exports of the minerals in May, while stocks of rare earth mining companies have been surging, driven by...
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