Indian grocery store owner in Virginia indicted for food stamp fraud

The indictment, returned in Charlottesville, accuses Rajan Babbar, 59, the Lynchburg-based owner of Taste of India of one count of SNAP fraud

The indictment says the store owner let SNAP users trade benefits for cash by faking food sales and issuing payouts. / Courtesy of Lalit K Jha

The owner of an Indian grocery store in Virginia has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of defrauding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the food stamp program, in a scheme that allegedly involved exchanging benefits for cash and fabricating food purchases.

The indictment, returned in Charlottesville, accuses Rajan Babbar, 59, the Lynchburg-based owner of Taste of India of one count of SNAP fraud, three counts of wire fraud, and four counts of transacting in criminally derived property.

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