From NPR · · 50s
Card skimming drains millions from SNAP recipients
Criminals use hidden devices to steal from people using food assistance benefits, costing recipients millions of dollars.
In brief
Criminals use hidden devices to steal from people using food assistance benefits, costing recipients millions of dollars. Card skimming at payment terminals is a major source of SNAP fraud that robs low-income recipients of millions of dollars. Originally reported by NPR.
Skimming steals from the poorest
Card skimming is a major source of SNAP fraud that robs recipients of millions of dollars. Criminals use hidden devices to steal from people using food assistance benefits.
“'They're stealing from the poor'”
How the theft works
Skimmers are hidden devices placed on payment terminals that capture card information when recipients use their EBT cards to buy groceries and other necessities.
The scale of the problem
The fraud costs SNAP recipients millions of dollars annually, targeting some of the most vulnerable people who depend on government assistance to feed their families.
What it means
Card skimming at payment terminals is a major source of SNAP fraud that robs low-income recipients of millions of dollars.
