Reporter at News 5 Cleveland
Cuyahoga County is seeing a spike in electronic benefits theft , just as a lifeline for victims is about to expire.Last week, Patricia Warren was shocked to realize that her EBT, or food stamp, card had been drained. Her monthly payment of $153 arrived at midnight and disappeared while she was sleeping, leaving only a few dollars in her account.“How can they do this?' she said on Monday while sitting in the living room of her house on Cleveland’s East Side.
Across the country, the federal government has paid out more than $150 million in reimbursements, according to a tracker on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s website. That’s money taxpayers are spending twice – once for the original benefits payments and again to replace what thieves took.Federal law gives cardholders 90 days to file a theft report. County agencies have 30 days to respond.
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