Tim Walz let fraudsters steal $350 million meant to feed children – and promoted the people who let it happen.
Now Florida just arrested a man who stole nearly $3 million from the same program.
What Florida's CFO said on camera has Democrats in twenty-one states hoping you never read this article.
How Abbas Rehman Turned Food Stamps Into a $2.8 Million Cash Machine
Abbas Rehman did not just steal from the government.
He stole four legitimate grocery stores' identities – businesses already authorized by the USDA to accept food stamp payments.
Then he filed fraudulent merchant applications in their names and rerouted the bank deposit information to his own accounts.
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The money flowed out of SNAP and into his pocket for $2,880,835.81 – nearly three million dollars meant to feed hungry Florida families.
Florida Department of Financial Services investigators caught him on April 30.
He now faces multiple felony charges: grand theft, organized scheme to defraud, and criminal use of personal identification information.
That last charge carries weight – because the money did not move without cover.
Ingoglia Said What Every American Was Thinking
Florida CFO Blaise Ingoglia did not mince words at the announcement.
"Abbas Rehman is a scumbag who stole over $2.8 million of taxpayer dollars," Ingoglia said.
He called the SNAP program "ripe with fraud" and said Rehman faces up to 30 years in prison.
Then he drew the contrast that the entire country needed to hear.
"This is not Minnesota, this is Florida," Ingoglia said. "If you are going to steal from the taxpayers, you can expect to go to prison for a very long time."
That is the contrast in four sentences.
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Minnesota watched Tim Walz oversee a $350 million food program fraud – the largest in state history – and promoted the bureaucrats responsible.
Florida arrested the fraudster, named him a scumbag on camera, and announced he is looking at 30 years.
USDA Found 244,000 Dead People Still Collecting Benefits Under Biden
Rehman's arrest did not happen in a vacuum.
The Trump administration has been beating the drum on SNAP fraud since day one of the second term.
USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins launched an immediate investigation when she was sworn in – and what she found should make every taxpayer furious.
More than 244,000 dead people were still collecting SNAP benefits – in red states alone, where she had access to data.
Five hundred thousand people were drawing multiple SNAP benefits illegally at the same time.
Nearly 3,200 fraudulent retailers have been stripped from the program since 2024.
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And the USDA has made over 1,000 arrests nationwide in an aggressive crackdown on a system that – under Biden – ran on the honor system.
Vice President JD Vance is now leading a dedicated anti-fraud task force by executive order, specifically targeting the welfare grift that the left spent four years pretending did not exist.
The Rehman arrest is not a coincidence.
It is what happens when the federal government stops protecting fraudsters and starts hunting them.
Democrats Built a System Designed to Be Stolen From
Here is the thing Democrats will never admit: the SNAP program's fraud problem is a feature, not a bug.
They expanded the program massively under Biden with minimal oversight and zero accountability.
They fought every attempt at verification – calling it racist, calling it voter suppression, calling it cruel.
Twenty-one Democrat-run states are currently refusing to share recipient data with the USDA – data that would expose exactly how many dead people, Lamborghini owners, and identity thieves are collecting your money.
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul called Trump's cleanup effort "hellbent on seeing people go hungry."
No – it is hellbent on making sure the money reaches the people it was meant for instead of landing in Abbas Rehman's bank account.
The Minnesota comparison is not just a zinger.
It is a governing philosophy.
Minnesota let fraudsters loot $350 million from a children's feeding program, buried the investigation, and called the people who exposed it troublemakers.
Florida named the fraudster a scumbag on television and told him to expect 30 years.
One of these is a government that works for the people paying into it.
The other is Minnesota.
Sources:
- Kennedy Owens, "Florida CFO Ingoglia announces arrest in $2.8M SNAP fraud scheme," FL Voice News, May 6, 2026.
- Scott McClallen, "Florida Arrest Exposes $2.8M Food Aid Scam Built on Stolen Grocery Store Identities," Townhall, May 6, 2026.
- Amy Curtis, "Florida CFO Blaise Ingoglia Announces Another Major SNAP Fraud Arrest," Townhall, May 7, 2026.
- "USDA makes 1,000 arrests in SNAP abuse, will require retailers who accept SNAP to stock more nutritious foods," Fox 5 Atlanta, May 7, 2026.
- "Vance says 186,000 dead people receive SNAP benefits," KATU, May 7, 2026.
