USDA Cracks Down on SNAP Benefit Fraud. Published May 04, 2025 at 8:04 AM EDT. By . Aliss Higham is a Newsweek reporter based in Glasgow, Scotland.

Why It Matters. SNAP benefits are paid to low- and no-income households across the U.S. that would otherwise struggle to afford groceries. Last year, the program reached some 41 million Americans.

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A USDA employee and five others were arrested for a $66 million food stamp fraud scheme involving unauthorized transactions and conspiracy to steal government funds.

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USDA's unusual data request. SNAP, ... Fraud, and Abuse by ... even fewer — about 1% of those — were attributed to state-level issues related to determining citizenship eligibility, ...

Backed by a $415,025 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grant, the state’s Fraud Finder Data Analytic Application has launched more than 1,000 investigations, uncovered $1.4 million in ...

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