With summer break on the horizon and school cafeterias closing their doors, thousands of Nevada families are set to receive much-needed food assistance. The Summer ...

The dollar amount of reported food stamp fraud increased from fiscal year 2023 to 2024 by 387%, according to documents ...

Thieves are able to steal public assistance funds on the state-issued cards because they lack security features credit and ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tax-cut bill, which had been stalled for days by Republican infighting over spending ...

In May 2025, the U.S. Secret Service led Operation May Magnitude in Los Angeles to combat EBT fraud and card skimming. They inspected 130 businesses, checked 575 payment terminals, removed 20 skimmers ...

Three European nationals pleaded guilty to stealing thousands of dollars from low-income Southern Californian residents. The widespread theft involved using ATM card skimmers to make counterfeit ...

Customers who buy a $25 e-gift card at a participating business online via the Shop 916 website will get a $10 gift card for free, according to the program site. People who buy a $50 gift card will ...

Governor Gavin Newsom announced April 23 that California will soon be releasing electronic benefits transfer (EBT) cards for the SUN Bucks food program in summer 2025. California was one of the first ...

Seventy percent of the stolen money came from Kern County — $96,740 in benefits stolen from 147 Kern County beneficiaries.

The Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer program—also known as Summer EBT or SUN Bucks—provides $120 per eligible child to help low-income families afford groceries over the summer months when school ...

New York tops the nation when it came to concerns about electronic benefit transfer theft, according to a report by a tech ...

Thieves have swiped the EBT account of a Mobile mother for a third time, leaving her scrambling to put food on the table.