BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — In 2024, 10,039 reports of stolen EBT were made to the Kern County Department of Human Services, totaling $6,832,990.
Millions of dollars stolen in benefits is not something new, says Human Services.
“I think it sort of ramped up in the pandemic … starting in 2020,” said Cinty Uetz, Chief Deputy Director…