Back in October 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Administration for Children and Families (ACF) posted a notice about a growing trend of EBT card skimming. The scheme involves ...

CHARLOTTE — Two people contacted Action 9 recently, saying they believe someone used skimming devices to steal information off their EBT cards. An EBT card is similar to a debit card and allows people ...

In an age where social assistance programs play a critical role in supporting vulnerable populations, the rise of Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) fraud poses significant challenges to the ...

The U.S. Attorney's Office is continuing its crackdown on fraud targeting benefits for California's low-income families with the arrest and charging of seven people last week in connection with the ...

Fraudsters are everywhere, waiting to separate us from our money — and they’re striking financial products that include electronic benefits cards with their scams. An EBT is a card used for government ...

A 27-year-old man has been charged with stealing thousands of dollars in California public assistance benefits using fraudulent Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards at a Lancaster ATM, Los Angeles ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – The Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) is warning benefit recipients to increase the protection of their electronic benefits transfer (EBT) accounts. DTA says ...

A man was arrested for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars from low-income Southern California residents. The suspect, Ioannis Alecsopoulos, 27, is accused of using ATM card skimmers to drain ...