A debit card that is supposed to pay New York City kids working in a summer youth program is now at the center of a fraud investigation.
Officials say it all started with a trend on social media that led to $17 million ending up in the wrong hands. The New York Times was first to report the investigation.
Instead of weekly payments at minimum wage, due to an error, the cards were apparently able to access unlimited cash from money machines for payees of New York City’s Summer Youth Employment Program…