FBI Raids Office of Georgia Food Charity

FBI agents executed two search warrants Wednesday at the Georgia headquarters of the religious nonprofit group Angel Food Ministries, reports The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

IRS officials also took part in the operation, but neither agency would reveal what authorities were seeking in the raid, according to the York Daily Record, in Pennsylvania, which reported last month that Wesley Joseph Wingo, founder of Angel Food Charity, and his family were paid salaries totaling $2.5-million by the charity in 2006.

Angel Food, which Mr. Wingo founded in 1994, sells an estimated $100-million worth of discounted groceries yearly to churches in nearly 40 states, which distribute the food to the needy, according to the York newspaper.

The charity’s spokesman, Ronn Torossian, said the organization was cooperating with the FBI but would have no further comment.