Dallas man defrauded children's nutrition program out of $2.5 million, authorities say
A federal grand jury has indicted a Dallas man who authorities say fraudulently took millions of dollars from a program intended to serve meals to children in low-income areas when school is not in session.
Michael Anthony Munson, 42, submitted reimbursement claims for 1.4 million meals he never served to recipients of the Summer Food Service Program from 2011 to 2014, according to officials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the FBI.
Munson is accused of paying another person to fake invoices for milk, juice and food from "Janus Wholesale Food Inc." to maintain the scheme. That person, whose name was not released, opened a bank account in Janus' name with a fake IRS Employer Identification Number and falsified documents that claimed Janus employees were doing business with Munson, authorities said.
Munson founded the Dallas-based Heloise Munson Foundation, which "passionately pursues a hunger free and healthy community by establishing free feeding sites and providing the community with programs promoting overall health and well being," according to its Facebook page. The foundation was the summer food service program sponsor for dozens of locations in the Dallas-area.
Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/2018/08/31/dallas-man-stole-25-million-low-income-childrens-nutrition-program-officials-say
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