WASHINGTON - A Georgia grocer has forfeited his house and other property in partial restitution for illegally redeeming $3.7 million in food stamps, federal officials said. The U.S. Agriculture Department, which oversees the food stamp program, said Leroy Smith, 40, of Augusta, Georgia, was sentenced to 60 months in prison for money laundering and ordered to pay more than $3.9 million in restitution.

Smith forfeited an 8,000 square-foot house, two vehicles and four pieces of real estate in partial restitution, the department said. (Reuter)