Legal Opinion
United States v. Aguasvivas-Castillo
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 17, 2012No. 10-1460PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
Bepsy Aguasvivas-Castillo, the owner of a supermarket chain in Puerto Rico, was convicted on one count of conspiracy to commit food stamp fraud and one count of money laundering. He had engaged in and enlisted his family in an illegal scheme in which the supermarkets he owned and operated provided cash for food stamps beyond Puerto Rico’s permissible limits. Some fourteen defendants were originally charged. Several, including some of Aguasvivas-Castillo’s family members, pled guilty and testified against him.
All told, the supermarkets’ illegal receipts from the fraud,…
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