COOPER CITY, FLA. (WSVN) – A South Florida woman has been arrested in connection with a months-long scheme that stole more than $120,000 in government food assistance benefits from hundreds of victims, including elderly residents and single parents.
Tamica Brown, 43, is accused of targeting recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, by unlawfully obtaining their electronic benefit transfer card numbers, PINs and account balances, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office.
Investigators said the scheme affected about 200 victims, with more than 30 confirmed so far, including a single mother of three who was unable to buy groceries and a 95-year-old woman left without access to food benefits…