RICHMOND, Va. — It’s been the “worst New Years” for one Richmond mother, who said she started off 2025 finding out at the grocery store that her food assistance money had been unexpectedly depleted from her account.
She said $350 in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits that she relies on to feed her two children completely vanished due to multiple out-of-state fraudulent transactions.
“We’ve got to put food in our stomachs. We’re not going to be able to survive like this. This is ridiculous,” said the mother, who did not want to be identified.
She doesn’t know how her account was compromised, but she said she only frequents a few store locations and has not inserted her EBT card information online or given it to a third-party.
If her story sounds familiar, that’s because it is.
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