{Huntington, West Virginia}...Cynthia Gibson, 40, of Huntington, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit food stamp fraud, admitting that, while she was a clerk at the All-In-One convenience store in Huntington, she tried to defraud the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. Gibson admitted she conspired with others in an illegal card-swiping scheme that netted $127,000 in SNAP benefits between June 2011 and February. Court documents show Gibson swiped benefit debit cards at the store and gave the recipients as little as 50 cents on the dollar in cash. The store's bank account then received the full amount of the fraudulent transactions from the federal government. Stephanie Pauley, the store's former manager, pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge in April. Both Gibson and Pauley face up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Gibson will be sentenced October 15th in federal court in Huntington. Pauley will be sentenced on July 30th.
