NEW: Fraudsters stole $470 million last year from Americans who need help paying for food.
Adopting the same microchip that credit cards have had for years would prevent most of the theft, but Congress won’t pay for it.
https://www.propublica.org/article/food-stamp-snap-benefits-theft-skimmers-fraud?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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@ProPublica I get that it's a policy problem first and a law enforcement problem second. But holy hell, maybe retail managers can call time out when asked to sell pallets of energy drinks for a stack of SNAP cards
@PizzaDemon
Not even that, they were clearly cloned cards. That store should be 100% liable for all those loses. Clearly fraud.
@ProPublica
why i have a feeling that, congress won't fix it because, then they can blame recipients rather than fraudsters. which is excuse to further cuts.
@zetabeta @ProPublica iirc that's not the problem. chip card rollout also invert liability, so stores (managers) would be liable for fraudulent transactions instead. only way to avoid liability is to upgrade terminals, and that's where the conundrum starts, cause banks won't pay for those
@ProPublica
Another reason to VOTE BLUE.