According to the office of U.S Attorney Zachary Cunha, an arrest warrant for Octavia Baptiste has been issued on the same charges her mother is facing.
Prosecutors allege about $191,000 was improperly accessed by the mother and daughter through the SNAP benefit cards.
Authorities began investigating in September 2023 when the Rhode Island Office of Internal Audit received complaints from SNAP recipients through the fraud hotline saying they had not received EBT benefit cards issued to them.
It is alleged that some of the individuals whose information was repeatedly accessed were either juveniles or individuals who were, at the time, homeless or incarcerated.
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