Welfare fraud investigators say California's new EBT cards won't stop criminals
But fraud investigators who work inside California’s county welfare offices said the card probably won’t make much of a dent.
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Opinion/Guest column: Chip EBT cards answer to SNAP theft
Nearly every other credit and debit card in the marketplace utilizes chip technology to protect against card-skimming.
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Gypsy church sponsoring bail for Kern County EBT thieves
Kern County prosecutors said in court this week that a Romanian gypsy church in Southern California is bailing out the recent ...
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Romanian man arrested for EBT card skimming in Kern County
A Romanian man has been busted in Delano for running a skimming operation. The Kern County District Attorney’s Office ...
Suspects in EBT fraud cases face judge, arrest warrants issued for 2 others after they fail to appear in court
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Skimming is a sophisticated and well thought-out crime. Averaging two transactions per minute, Romanian nationals are allegedly coming to Kern County, draining EBT benefit ...
Sting leads to arrest in EBT fraud case
A 23-year-old man was arrested Saturday in a suspected "skimming" card fraud case. The arrest resulted from a sting the Kern County District Attorney's Office was conducting in Delano with the ...
Kern County prosecutors say Romanian church is behind bailout of alleged EBT thieves
Norbert Karaba would be one of the defendants Yim referred to, bailed by the church. Karaba was also arraigned on Tuesday for ...
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Food-stamp theft could be a $400 million annual problem, national report says
High-tech criminals are preying on low-income families in Northeast Ohio and across the nation. A new report says EBT theft ...