Rhode Island State Police arrest M&T Supermarket management on embezzlement, fraud charges

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Rhode Island State Police said its Financial Crimes Unit arrested three members of management at M&T Supermarket for fraudulent use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits and other financial crimes.

Marvin Taveras, Cassandra Diaz, and Marino Tavares were each charged with embezzlement and fraudulent conversion, obtaining property under false pretenses, fraudulent use of credit cards, receipt of money, goods and services obtained by fraudulent use of credit cards, fraudulent use of food stamps, and conspiracy in violation of the general laws of Rhode Island.

State police said that M&T Supermarket was incorporated by Marvin Taveras and staffed by the other two.

An investigation revealed that several “high dollar” SNAP purchases of food items and were delivered to the market.

None of the SNAP recipients lived at the address of the market.