OKLAHOMA CITY ( KFOR ) — A week ago News 4 reported the U.S. House of Representatives had passed an act that extends the time to reimburse stolen SNAP benefits to families until mid-December.
Families in Oklahoma and across the nation continue to fall victim to their accounts being cleared by hackers.
“They are swiping peoples cards. They’re swiping them clean,” said Belle Nelson.
Nelson provides for her family by being a hair stylist. She gets paid when her clients get paid and it’s not always a steady income. She uses EBT to feed her three children.
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“They eat a lot. They have a really big appetite especially my 13-year-old,” said Nelson. “He eats like a grown man.”
Tuesday morning, Nelson said she used her EBT card at the 7-Eleven near Southeast 29th and Sunnylane Rd. An hour later, two transactions were made nearly 800-miles away in Chicago for $455 and $499.
Nelson waited on hold for hours with DHS’s fraud department over two days. They answered when News 4 was with her.