Hearing
Food Stamp Fraud as a Business Model: USDA’s Struggle to Police Store Owners
Chairman Issa Hearing Preview Statement
According to USDA’s own accounting estimates, 15% of all convenience and small grocery stores that accept food stamps participate in food stamp trafficking. A typical example of fraud by a store owner in the program would involve ringing up items prohibited by the food stamp fraud, like beer and cigarettes, as vegetables. In other instances, merchants pay cash for a card, ...