FBI adds India-born US citizen Manjit Singh Bedi to Most Wanted fraud list

Manjit Bedi operated a small grocery store in Tacoma, Washington, and swiped customers' government benefits cards to give them cash instead of food under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programme

Washington: The FBI has added India-born Manjit Singh Bedi to its list of most wanted fraudsters for his alleged involvement in irregularities in the US government's benefits scheme.The #FBI has added Manjit Singh Bedi to its Most Wanted Fraudsters List. He is #wanted for his alleged involvement in a benefits fraud scheme that defrauded the United States Government out of at least $600,000 between March of 2024 and June of 2025 in Tacoma, Washington. A… pic.twitter.com/oGJNdkz9E8— FBI Most Wanted (@FBIMostWanted) September 3, 2026 According to the FBI, Bedi operated a small grocery store in Tacoma, Washington, and swiped customers' government benefits cards to give them cash instead of food under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programme (SNAP).Instead of selling food to participants, Bedi allegedly swiped their Electronic Benefit Transfer cards and gave them cash, keeping half of the proceeds for himself, the FBI said on Thursday. The FBI claimed that Bedi, a naturalised US citizen, defrauded the US government of at least USD 6 lakh between March 2024 and June 2025.SUBJECT ONE: MANJIT SINGH BEDIBedi is wanted for defrauding the U.S. of at least $600k in SNAP funds from approximately 2024 to 2025 – orchestrating a scheme out of a grocery store he operated, swiping EBT cards and keeping proceeds for himself. Bedi has been on the run for… pic.twitter.com/a6VKRIPH5h— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) September 3, 2026 Bedi operated a small grocery store in Tacoma called Asian Grocery Store. He purportedly sold food to SNAP participants using their EBT cards.“A reward of up to USD 150,000 is offered for information leading to his arrest and conviction,” the FBI said.After being indicted for wire fraud and SNAP benefits fraud, Bedi was allowed to appear in court without being arrested.Indian-Origin London Police Detective Charged With 5 Counts Of Sexual Assault He was ordered to surrender his passport and remain in Washington state.However, Bedi soon drove across the border to Canada and then fled to India, the FBI said.A federal arrest warrant was issued for Bedi on May 21 in a US district court after he was charged with Violations of Conditions of Supervision.(Except for the headline, this article has not been edited by FPJ's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)