{"id":63630,"date":"2026-04-21T12:20:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=63630"},"modified":"2026-04-21T12:20:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:20:25","slug":"taking-action-against-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=63630","title":{"rendered":"Taking Action Against Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Saturday, Alpha News<\/a> posted an article about changes made to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to stop the fraud within the program.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

The U.S. Department of Agriculture\u2019s Food and Nutrition Service has disqualified 1,562 retailers associated with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and disabled 760 illegal point-of-sale devices since Oct. 1, 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This has resulted in the prevention of nearly $835 million in fraudulent SNAP transactions, Stephen Vaden, deputy secretary of the Department of Agriculture (USDA), said in an April 17 post<\/a> on X.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cCommit fraud? We will find you and hold you accountable. Including jail time. And now, we have the whole of government, under the leadership of @VP and @AFergusonFTC, rooting out abuse of any program meant to help the most vulnerable,\u201d Vaden wrote, referring to Vice President JD Vance and Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Responding to the post, Ferguson said, \u201cMore is coming!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fraud by SNAP retailers can involve selling items not allowed under the program, exchanging SNAP benefits for cash, and lying on their applications to get authorized to participate as a retailer under the program, according to the USDA Food and Nutrition Service.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Such retailers can face permanent or temporary disqualification from the program, denial of application, withdrawal of authorization, financial penalties, and criminal charges that can lead to fines and even prison time.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

In a Dec. 2 report last year, the Government Accountability Office noted that most SNAP benefit cards lack features to prevent theft, such as microchips, which are standard on debit cards.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough the full extent of theft is unknown, states reported replacing more than $320 million in stolen benefits between October 2022 and December 2024. During that period, state SNAP agencies provided funds to replace stolen benefits when recipients reported a theft that could be substantiated,\u201d the report said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cBut some recipients may not have known they could file a claim. And the law limited recipients\u2019 filing to two claims per year. As a result, the estimate of losses may not truly reflect the full extent of theft. And, after December 2024, states can no longer replace stolen SNAP benefits with federal funds.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s a beginning. I can’t imagine how much federal spending we can cut simply by dealing with the fraud.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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