Fact #90 TacticsMoney

36cash withdrawals of $9,200 to $9,900, just under a bank's $10,000 reporting threshold

An Alabama grocer made 36 cash withdrawals of $9,200 to $9,900 to stay under a bank's $10,000 reporting threshold while laundering food stamp fraud proceeds.

Hasan Ahmed was ordered to forfeit $5.2 million after admitting to food stamp fraud, tax evasion, structuring and money laundering at his Bessemer, Alabama grocery store.

Source: US Attorney's Office, Northern District of Alabama. Read more: snap trafficking fraud · case file

Sources

  1. Bessemer Grocer Sentenced to Nearly 4 Years in Prison. US Attorney's Office, Northern District of Alabama. Accessed 2026-10-14.