ATLANTA (InvestigateTV) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) suspects taxpayer dollars stolen from government food assistance accounts are severely underreported, estimating the real number reaches about $12 billion annually.
Our investigators spoke with the USDA’s lead investigator for federal food assistance fraud in a rare sit-down interview.
“They’re taking it to the next level every day,” said Mark Haskins, branch chief of the special investigations unit for the USDA Food and Nutrition Service…