BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — What started as dozens of complaints at the Human Services offices for stolen benefits evolved into the revelation of a years-long problem of EBT theft across California.
In response to a KGET request, the California Department of Social Services calculated its losses since 2021 at an astounding amount of $439 million in stolen EBT benefits.
Those losses started at less than $100,000 per month halfway through 2021 and skyrocketed ever since…