Thieves hack Syracuse families’ food stamp accounts, leaving them broke for the holidays

Syracuse, N.Y. — Shantaneque Waller unloaded her groceries onto the belt at the Syracuse Price Chopper, then tried to use her debit card to pay.

It was declined, which made no sense to Waller. The balance was $699 the night before.

She checked her transactions and found that someone had drained all the money from her account just hours after it was deposited…

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