He spent $1.5 million in food stamps

He used Electronic Benefit Transfer cards to buy massive amounts of Pepsi. In a document filed last September in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the office of the U.S. attorney for that district described a shopping trip that David Quinones made to a store referred to as “Retailer A” -- where local law enforcement officers had him under surveillance.

“Defendant purcha…