198 ensnared in Jacksonville food stamp fraud totaling $3.7M
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Sheriff Mike Williams announced Tuesday the results of a multi-agency, undercover investigation into the exchange of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for cash and, in at least one case, cocaine.
From 2012 to 2017, Jacksonville Sheriff's Office detectives, working with federal and state agencies, documented more than 22,000 fraudulent transactions involving $3.7 million in taxpayer money.
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This one ring, in one town adding up to $3.7M.
Multiply this across the country, plus all the fraud in all the other social programs like Medicare, SSI, and it boggles the mind.
