Ex-grocer pleads guilty to food stamp fraud
A onetime Chicago grocery store owner pleaded guilty Friday to ripping off $1.6 million from the food stamp program after running phony transactions in his grocery store.
Hatem Fariz, 33, on Friday admitted in federal court he ran the massive fraud in his store, T & T Foods, in the 2700 block of West North Avenue. He agreed to pay more than $1.4 million in restitution. more…
