ATLANTA, Ga. – As scammers continue stealing hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars from electronic food benefit cards, federal agencies are linking the fraud to international crime rings.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Secret Service and Department of Homeland Security ran a sting operation targeting EBT skimming at more than 100 locations in Los Angeles on May 1, stating they made 10 arrests and confiscated “high-value evidence.”
The scammers are taking benefits directly out of Supplemental Food Assistance Program accounts, and it’s a problem plaguing many Georgia and South Carolina recipients…