Two East Side grocers admitted in federal court to misappropriating close to $300,000 in food stamp benefits at their family convenience store over a period of 13 months.
Bandar Alsaidi, 28, and his brother, Talal Alsaidi, 31, both of Buffalo, pleaded guilty to unauthorized use of food stamp benefits this week before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
Each man was convicted of exchanging nearly $148,000 in SNAP benefits for cash between April 2012 and May 2013, prosecutors said.