Red Hook Residents See Rash of Stolen Food Stamps, As Reimbursement Funds Expire
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from City Limits2 months ago
"They took every penny," said Pinkie Grier, a great grandmother in Red Hook who had her benefits drained earlier this month. The theft is a real hardship for her.
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"I never in my life had this to happen to me: When I get up to the cashier, the lady said, 'Declined.' And I said, 'What do you mean, declined?"
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The theft is part of a nationwide trend of stolen public benefits: the electronic benefits transfer (EBT) cards used by the federal government are vulnerable to 'skimming.'
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In Red Hook alone, dozens of residents have reported incidents of EBT fraud over the last two weeks, according to workers at the Red Hook Initiative.
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