Gloucester Twp. Man Defrauded SNAP By Using 40 People's Names: Prosecutor

GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, NJ — A Gloucester Township man fraudulently received more than $30,000 in SNAP benefits by applying with more than 40 names, authorities said Thursday.

In July, the Camden County Board of Social Services alerted law enforcement of suspicious activity regarding applications for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Several applications had the same address and phone number but were submitted under different names, according to the Camden County Prosecutor's Office.

During the investigation, detectives found that Andre Streater submitted SNAP applications using the identities of more than 40 people over a two-week period in June, prosecutors said.

Streater, 36, of Gloucester Township, requested about $128,700 in benefits and received around $31,200 in total, authorities said.

He also used Cash App to transfer the payments to his personal bank account, prosecutors said.

Streater was charged with second-degree forgery, fourth-degree possession of fraudulent receipts, and third-degree counts of forgery and theft by deception.

The charges were served on a complaint Dec. 3 at the Camden County Correctional Facility, where Streater was jailed on an unrelated matter.

Attorney information for Streater wasn't immediately available in online court records.

Anyone with further information can contact Det. Kristen Blantz of the Camden County Prosecutor's Office at 856-225-8642. Tips can also be sent to CAMDEN.TIPS.