CINCINNATI (WXIX) – Vice President JD Vance and his Fraud Task Force want stricter penalties for fraud after millions in SNAP benefits meant for hungry families were stolen.
As part of his initiative to crack down on fraud, Vance and his team said more than $42 million worth of SNAP fraud has been uncovered since September.
“We have way too much fraud in the SNAP program,” Vance said Wednesday at the FBI’s Cincinnati Field Office. “Like with so many of these amazing programs, we find that there are people out there […] who quite literally steal from the mouths of hungry children in order to enrich themselves.”…