The U.S. Department of Justice has charged six people — including a fraud investigator with the U.S. Department of ...

“EBT cards are very susceptible to benefit theft in areas that are close to state lines. And part of that, is the reason that you got a high populous state in the Golden Triangle area, and you’re ...

A SNAP sign is pictured at a grocery store in this file photo. “The victims of EBT benefits fraud are vulnerable seniors, parents and disabled individuals who so depend on their food assistance ...

SNAP Benefit System Boosted as Fraud is Targeted Published May 28, 2024 at 9:37 AM EDT Updated May 30, 2024 at 6:00 AM EDT By Aliss Higham ...

In New York, law enforcement recently uncovered a $66 million criminal scheme involving a USDA employee. In Ohio, three Columbus residents were recently charged in connection with a $600,000 SNAP ...

WASHINGTON D.C., DC — U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) is pushing for federal legislation to fix a security vulnerability in the SNAP benefits system — one that has impacted many recipients in ...

Two million Pennsylvanians rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to feed themselves and their families ...

Under the Consolidated Appropriations Ac t, 2023, the Commonwealth can use federal funding to replace certain SNAP benefits stolen between Oct. 1, 2022, and Sept. 30, 2024, through card cloning ...

Rader is working on a package of legislation that, among other measures, would likely seek to authorize and fund ODJFS for its estimated nearly $5 million share of adding chips to Ohio SNAP EBT ...

More than 20 reports of fraud involving EBT cards were reported to police in Sioux Falls. It's unclear if the problem is ...

The USDA demanded Kansas data on all food stamp applicants since 2020. DCF refused. Now the federal government could trigger ...

After a spike in EBT fraud left thousands of New Yorkers hungry, victims will finally get refunds for stolen money under a new federal bill that passed in the omnibus funding bill Thursday. The ...