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 ...

Law enforcement agencies and state officials are warning about a growing trend, SNAP “skimming” scams. Criminals are using illegal devices to steal personal information, and eventually money, from ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Skimming is a sophisticated and well thought-out crime. Averaging two transactions per minute, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...