A New York man was indicted on federal charges in Concord, New Hampshire, after he allegedly used fraud to obtain $167,000 from Hannaford supermarkets across New England and New York.
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Clinton Rathan, 33, was charged with four counts of wire fraud by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Hampshire after he was arrested in Brooklyn, New York, on Thursday.
The indictment alleges that Rathan placed more than 500 separate pick-up orders for Hannaford’s groceries using their app over a seven-month period in 2022.
He reportedly used fraudulently obtained or false identities and credit or debit cards to place orders at stores across New York and New England.
He would then pick up the ordered groceries, but when Hannaford attempted to process the cards he submitted, they were all declined.
The press release does not indicate what Rathan did with the allegedly stolen groceries.
Rathan was released from New York custody on a $15,000 bail and is scheduled to appear in court on April 30.
He faces a maximum of 20 years in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release, along with a maximum fine of $250,000 or twice the gross gain or loss, whichever is greater.
Wouldn’t you process the cards before they pick up the groceries? Duh
Arrested in NYC? The guy is probably donating the groceries to Mamdani’s socialist grocery stores.