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Scammers Steal Millions From Food Stamp Recipients as Congress Withholds Fix
Original: Scammers Are Stealing Millions From Food Stamp Recipients. Congress Could Fix It — but Won’t.
Fraudsters stole roughly $470 million last year from Americans relying on food stamps, according to a ProPublica report. Adding chip technology already standard on credit cards would prevent most of the theft, but Congress has declined to fund the upgrade, leaving vulnerable recipients exposed to recurring benefit card skimming.
Why now: The scale of theft from low-income Americans, combined with Congress's refusal to fund a known fix, is drawing renewed attention and criticism.
ProPublicaUS CongressSNAP (food stamp) recipients
Evidence
- Scammers Are Stealing Millions From Food Stamp Recipients. Congress Could Fix It — but Won’t. · ProPublica
Fraudsters stole $470 million last year from Americans who need help paying for food. Adopting the same microchip that credit cards have had for years would prevent most of the theft, but Congress won’t pay for it.
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