Four Lansing Men Sentenced in Food Stamp Fraud Case
United States Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that four Lansing-area men have been sentenced in connection with convictions arising out of a USDA investigation into fraud at convenience stores in Lansing, More...
York Man, Nagy Mohamed Abdelhamed Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Nagy Mohamed Abdelhamed, age 68, of York, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge John E. Jones More...
Donald Trump attacks NM Gov Susana Martinez, angers establishment AGAIN
Donald Trump may have become the eventual GOP nominee for the 2016 presidential race, but his attacks on New Mexico’s Republican Gov. Susana Martinez shows that the Celebrity Apprentice host doesn’t More...
Food stamps cuts coming in November as stimulus expires, more cuts planned
Food stamps recipients may be surprised to learn they will be experiencing a cut in November as the boost from the 2009 stimulus bill will expire. The USDA projects that the average monthly food stamp payment of More...
EBT card failure hit 17 states, people ready to riot as they ‘steal’ from Walmart
EBT, Electronic Benefits Transfer, cards stopped working over the weekend due to a power outage. The vendors would be unable to verify balances etc…making them vulnerable to food stamp fraud and abuse. People More...
US Agriculture Department rolls out plan to battle food stamp fraud
The Agriculture Department says it is going to impose tougher penalties on stores that violate food stamp rules and give states new tools to root out applicants who are ineligible for the benefit program that now More...
