A Lynchburg mother and her family are going through hard times after a scammer stole over $1,000 in her food stamps.

says she relies on $230 a month in SNAP benefits. “When I went to go check the balance on the food stamp card it had said that I only had a dollar four left,’” the woman said. “It said ...

Here are some key takeaways about how this food assistance program works: In most states, after you apply for SNAP, the benefits are transferred to recipients via a prepaid EBT card, which is a ...

A security upgrade could save thousands of Ohioans from being a target of theft but it’s an upgrade the government has to ...

Officials with the department announced a rise in SNAP fraud- especially incidents involving card skimming- where SNAP benefits are stolen off EBT cards after skimming at a point-of-sale machine.

Thieves are skimming millions in federal taxpayer dollars with no plan in place to make EBT cards more secure.