(CNSNews.com) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has published a reportestimating that 35,891 food retailers around the country engaged in food stamp fraud, illegally “trafficking” more than $1 billion in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits annually over the three-year period from 2012 through 2014.
“Retailer trafficking of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits occurs primarily when SNAP recipients sell their benefits for cash to food retailers, often at a discount,” the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service said in a summary of the report. ...
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/usda-35891-retailers-engaged-food-stamp-fraud
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