Two of the suspects — Kayla Smith and Sharita Jones — were arrested Thursday by the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office. Smith faces three counts tied to roughly $37,800 in alleged fraudulent benefits.

Fraud in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is no longer confined to the familiar image of someone lying about ...

Electronic theft is quietly draining billions of dollars from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, as criminals exploit a simple but devastating card-skimming technique to siphon off ...

The document comes as part of a lawsuit filed earlier this year as 21 states and Washington, D.C., declined to share the ...

The head of the US Department of Agriculture said the Trump administration is planning to have “everyone” receiving SNAP benefits reapply after a probe into a number of Republican-led states allegedly ...

Economist says curbing SNAP fraud requires states to cover 100% of costs With the Trump administration taking steps to curb food stamp fraud, some fiscal watchdogs argue that shifting the consequences ...

Brooke Rollins has made a case for sweeping changes to food aid programs by claiming USDA has uncovered "massive fraud." But ...

According to federal data, SNAP payouts nearly tripled between 2020 and 2021, jumping from about $725 million to $1.9 billion ...

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is pushing back against the Trump administration’s threat to withhold federal Supplemental Nutrition ...

U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) is proposing legislation that would require photo IDs on electronic benefit transfer cards, ...