Millions of your taxpayer dollars stolen from EBT cards | What we know
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Millions of your taxpayer dollars stolen from EBT cards | What we know
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You know what I learned from watching the segment, crime does pay, 48 months in jail? And he stole over $1 million? Imagine the other people who steal less than he does, and are never caught?, Truly disgusting.
Trump stole 350 million. Not in jail yet.
I would gladly go to prison for 3 years to get over $1M cash.
He had to pay back 80% of it so I'm sure he learned his lesson :/
@@Kirikenz He deserves 65 years
I wonder how much additional money the CA taxpayer paid the army of senior civil servants who failed to notice inconsistencies, or put in adequate safeguards as they continue to erroneously process and pay out all those fraudulent EBT cards? Given the timeframe, they are likely retired by now but of course the taxpayer will be still on the hook for the pensions :(
Like they can't find out WHO stole the funds
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They know.. trust me
Yep. Race and sociopolitical status will determine if they find the perp🙄
It's the migrants and they don't want to say it!
It’s probably some who work for the welfare department.
48months? what a joke, he’ll be doing over and over.
After he hones his craft more in prison. Bet he has priors too.
that sentence is too harsh for the crime
all that cash stolen from atms
Right he may do half of that so 2 years at 500k a year yeah crime pays !
Or he’s just happy with the pay on the wrist and will enjoy his millions upon release 😂.
For the amount of money he stole from the government he should have gotten at least 20 plus years, let that had of been the IRS he wouldn't have ever seen the light of day. Our legal system needs to do better than it's doing a lot better.
For that kind of money should lose a hand
@@jimkelly1613 should lose both arms, so no chance he can use a bionic hands later LoL
Maybe that was apart of criminal justice reform? The crime wasn't violent so only 48 months and a fine.
yes it was for nothing since they got money back he shd have quit sooner unemployment more was stolen
No she thieves they live in Congress and the WH
I saw a news conference in Orange County California and they said you should change your pin the night before your benefits hit your account. That way if your card has been compromised they won't have access to the card with the old PIN number
i changed once w new card should be enough if isnt skimmed again
Clever.
Thats what i do, i got mine stolen
I know it's a inside job. When those people enter a pin or change their pin number. It's stolen from them through that call center. They can't tell me the customer service center nothing to do with it. Yes it can be taken by skimmers but it the state call center too.
no the call center dosent have access to the pin its in the system electronically they cant see it
Criminals aren't getting smarter , the people running things are incompetent could care less and despise taxpayers !
Criminals aren't getting smarter , the people running things are getting stupider
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SMH ETF/EBT/SNAP/DSHS-- TAKES TAX PAYERS MONEY N LIE, TAKES CREDIT N IDENTITY OF CONSUMER, EVERYBODY GOT CREDIT, CREDITORS, PAID, N WE HAD A LIMITED TIME TO GET UR EBT BACK. N THEY STEAL WAS HACKED AFYER THEY SHUT DOWN THE REMEDIE. ISN'T THIS FDIC?? U CUT FOLKS OFF, THEN GET HACK, ALLOCATING BENFTS IMPROPERLY, UNETHICAL WORK PRACTICE, WHERE OS THE BONDS,STOCKS, CREDIT????
@@nervyblogger4581
Yep, stupider with no common sense! Yikes! We're fd!
Why are EBT cards being used in ATMs? Had to Google that and apparently more than food benefits is used on those cards so yeah, can be used to get cash. Seems weird to me especially if ATMs are a problem.
Some casinos have a machine that will withdrawal cash from EBT.
There are other benefits besides food stamps being deposited onto ebt cards. Cash assistance, child support for instance.
You CAN NOT WITHDRAW CASH FROM EBT! if you have cash assistance then yes but not for food benefits. And if most states are like mine a whole lot more people get food assistance than cash assistance!
@@rachf9695 you are totally wrong. Several of the casinos on Indian land here in Az DO have atm machines that will transfer EBT withdrawal as cash.
name one!!!! i will report that casino!!@@UncleDavesKitchen
This is why we MUST NOT allow Central Bank Digital Currency to take the place of physical currency.
Yeah it's a don't deal though. It's jus time at this point we are waiting to swap over. Some crazy event will be when that happens I bet
4 years does 2….bullshit. 20 years and do 10,that’s a deterrent.
During the pandemic. All the unemployment benefits also were stolen. Yet what is the state doing about that.
alot got caught if they did alot and fake claims in the big amounts
Check where the decimal point is at the pump. Saw a gas station in Sacramento that was charging folks 43.99 for regular.
a lady stole gas from a flaw in the pump many times video
This is disgustingly evil.
It is 😢 they somehow used my physical card, that was in my wallet, in Maryland. They tried to take 1400 but I had only the benefits received that morning 500$ so they spent all of that 😢 it makes me so upset dude it feels gross
@@gillypiexo that is horrible :(
nyc crooks were employees also making fake claims
The stores,ATM and banks owners should be required to check their machines to prevent this from happening... I can't believe that thief only got 48 months.🤨
The inside jobs are the ones at the stores where these people shopped at. Those stores allow the skimmers to be placed on the machines or just not checking at all to make sure the a skimmer isn’t attached.
So many evil people in this world 🌎
money for food should NOT be given on a card where a person can get cash at an ATM!!! it should be used for FOOD ONLY!!!
They have cash assistance And food stamps on the card. You can't get money from card if you just have food stamps benefits. Two separate benefits. Put on the same card. So if u only receive EBT food then you have no cash to get from the atm. Your welcome.
I believe I've been "Skimmed" by way of my regular ATM Bank Card at Mini-Mart Gas Station's a few times but, it's been relatively small amounts each time. The way "Old-School Thieves" might but, nothing major like this. Whether years ago when I was on Food Stamps or not.
i was skimmed at walmart and was paid back in ny i you are losing money ask for a new bank number and card
Going through it right now for the third time 😢this gotta be internal job too I have my suspicion investigation too looking at more facts that wasn't mentioned in the story.
Every time it never fails, most thefts are internal, either employee, former employee or someone close to either. If CA was not soft on crime, this would not have gotten to this point. Newsom sits in office only to garner votes for next campaign, useless. Votes for tough on crime governor all the way down to law enforcement is the only way.
Use the app to freeze and unfreeze.
If we wonder why our country is in the situation it is in, just look at the judicial system. 24 months what a joke
💡 To easily find your balance, just purchase something cheap, like a candy bar with EBT. Then, look at the balance amount before shopping.
There's an agency number you can call to find out your balance.
U can call card or use app for balance
Need to check into stores that have online grocery shopping and in store self checkouts.
My daughters were stolen 3x last yr. All stolen from the same place walmart with same city ect. Online tons other say theirs were stolen from the same place same location. Why didnt they block that location? They were even aware of the place
He deserved 65 years
yes but they dont give murderers that much
Govt has always been stupid and people are generally stupid . But CA has a lot of money do it will go on.
Leave us poor folks alone please
Cash will always be king in my eyes. Plus, i dont get asked as much to tip. You can't even trust even big retailers!
Wow! Didn’t know they were going through this. They used to give actual Monopoly money. Maybe they should go back.
The goverment needs to stop allowing the government employees to work from home! They should be in a secure location to protect all this sensitive information like at the office ! Not at some joe blows house with who knows who around looking over their shoulder or accessing their computer for this info!
They'restill the old style swipe cards here, which aren't as secure as more current chips and tap systems. That would go a long way.
It's my understanding the majority of the losers are the holders of the cards. They go without until next month's refill.
Inside Job is my first suspicion. Store owners and agency employees.
Incompetent bureaucracy.
They stole mine and my card never left my purse. OF COURSE IT'S AN INSIDE JOB, they don't reimburse you a 100% and if 10 days past before you report it you won't get it back enough if you do file a police report
I’m in MA and someone in Texas stole mine.
Time for 2FA.
Yes, but these are often emergency food funds for people who might be close to losing phone service. However I just read that AT&T must provide cell service at no cost if someone requests it, AT&T is fighting this legal requirement
@@tedfitzpatrickyt I agree not everyone has a phone. They could request a key FOB for the 2fa. They’re really cheap to make and they can be mailed with the card.
Sure it adds more cost to the Taxpayer, but it would save millions in the long run.
Nice solution, I like it@@supra2424
Simply allow ppl to lock their cards in ebt app just like any other debit card company... issue solved...
why cant they deposit the funds into their checking account?
That wouldn't work. Then people can use it for whatever they want
Also a lot of folks don’t have bank accounts.
what do you mean, over here in Canada all benefits that we qualify for are done by direct deposit, if it is found that you defrauded the government then you are required to pay the money back either when you file your taxes or paid in monthly/ one time payment @@cubwals03
thats BS, how can you not have bank accounts in 2024, you dont go and tell your boss you dont have a bank account and ask for cash or prepaid debit card lol@@59phonebone
Most people with EBT don't have any cash benefits and can only use it for approved food purchases (such as no alcohol or prepared deli foods and some in-store bakeries are totally off limits too). And in CA only homeless people can buy fast food with it because they have no food storage or cooking access.
FREEZE YOUR CARD AND CHANGE PIN BEFORE LEAVING THE STORES.
If you swipe your card how long does it take them to get your information ?
These criminals will figure out the tap too. Cash
They need to fix this skimming issue! ATMs need to be more secure because if they can skim your EBT they can skim your Debit and Credit cards.
Those internet pirates really are busters always ahead of the system they doit very quick
This poor man and his children. So awful!
People sell their cards for cash. Repeated thefts? I say this is falsehood. Is he on drugs, since he have anxiety from swiping card and no balance? Check card before you go to check out...simple
So the guy gets 48 months in jail. He will recruit more people and when he gets out he will go right back at it. It's hard to believe they can't figure out a secure way to help people.
Why dont they just update the cards to use chip technology?
I just got scammed and more than $6000 were stolen from my ebt card. I don’t even know how this is possible.
TAXPAYER'S dollars are paying for ALL of it. The original payment and and reimbursement of the stolen funds.
It's the ignorance for me. The fact that y'all don't understand that this can happen to any kind of card using these machines is baffling. But now folks are targeting and I found a way to steal from the electronic benefits card which is more than just a food stamp card and if it holds cash you may use an ATM to take cash out you cannot take cash from a card with only food stamp benefits you can just buy food with the card or sell are selling food part for money which people do do
En donde puedo en contra un banco de comida?
En California es "Second Harvest" le dan una lista de bancos de comida.
48 months but they get released way before that the system wants them on the streets so they keep working on their corked duty Bussines
They might want to use hand print or fingerprints technique 😮😮😮😮😮😮
This is what happens when you have electronic data, and companies are able to sell data for money.
Our tax payers dollars fill the cards to begin with. The problem with these cards is they are for temporary support. But many people 5/6 generations deep are totally reliant on these cards. For most it’s a way of life and not temporary. This man needs. Help and I believe it’s temporary. So I am willing to help him as a tax payer. But those abusing the system need to be stopped. It shouldn’t be a way of life. The way to fix the fraud is to issue a CBDC. A trackable dollar. It’s coming anyway so why not just release it. Or use a CBDC trackable dollar for these EBT cards. 💳
Is this only in California or in other states also?
It’s nationwide.
My disabled son had all his food stamp money stolen in a phishing scam in NY and the money was spent buying steaks in Chicago.
Theft of the theft. Oh, the irony.
Freaking out the chip in cards!
I LOST MY JOB (9) YRS. AGO ANDNOTHING I DO GETS ME A NEW ONE. NOTHING!
I wish the stigma of being a recipient of the ebt food stamps program was gone. We all need to eat food to live and our children are are our priority. I think all of families who get it, are mostly doing it for their kids. I know there are some bad, but I think theres more good
Stop these payments
He could just go in and take whatever he wants as long as it’s under 900$.
Idk about chips?!
It’s not being stolen…ITS BEING SOLD!!!!!!
n the crook you saw was clonin cards from stlen info this is high tech and being done all over
There needs to be a class in Bidenomics 101 where this stuff makes any sense on how to get away with this.
Isn't that why we have the attorney general??
Im more concerned with the hundreds of billions being sent to Ukraine
If you like your normal way of life, you should not be. You think Russia will stop at Ukraine? Did they stop after Syria? You realize Sweden is preparing for war and already sending out war campaigns to their citizens. If Russia wins, next stop is them provoking and inciting World War III.
Did you not just hear Putin say this January that he thinks Alaska is part of Russia and wants to take it back? Russia is run by a madman who won’t stop if he continues to win.
If you want to live through a nuclear war and the environmental aftermath, by all means, complain about sending money to Ukraine.
Why not both, it's all wasted money.
It’s happening to people that’s getting those free phones
Where is this criminal EVER gonna get $800K besides from some other illegal source. Maybe he can work on Wallstreet. That "legal" criminality.
@0:00 to 0:24 Are you sure Brett Favre didn't take the money?
Wilderness of Alaska and Fentanyl
Send money to vrocery store, where you shop.
EBT is food stamps for those that didn't know.
😮 not just blk ppl get food stamps 😂😂😂
Duh
EBT card with picture on the card.
Of you dont believe this was intentional, you're probably voting foe the people who allowed it.
"Do not be deceived! For neither fornicators nor sodomites nor adulterers nor thieves nor drunkards nor murderers nor extortionors nor swindlers nor idolaters nor covetous, these shall not inherit the Kingdom of God." (1 Cor 6:9)
So I'm old and tired and ready to go and I don't go see doctors anymore but I have to sign up for the Medi-Cal otherwise the state of California steals a couple hundred dollars a month out of my check on top of that they insulted me by giving me $22 in food stamps on a EBT card it worked two shifts a day my whole life and hard labor foreigners from other countries get more than I do in a day
Who cares gov will pay for it end racism that’s America biggest problem
Why is it so easy to spend this money? I like how some countries give the basic food staples (oil, rice, beans, sugar, flour, etc.) to those on public assistance.
Except that wouldn't be good for people with food sensitivities and allergies.
Big business for receipcisns
Almost every single customer now uses EBT
End the program
Children are hungry and families.
God needs to call a time out!
horrible breach of trust
There are changes. It is designed to SERVE its ULTIMATE PURPOSE, TAXATION RECONCILIATIONS, Inventories and RECEIVABLES. ASSETS SUPPLIES-CARD PRODUCTS-Creditable-witheld AT SOURCE, PROTECTED. PROTOCOL.
It seems to me that technology isn't working in the people's favor as much as previously thought 🤔
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I don't care, I have to pay those taxes regardless of where it goes.
Its free , put it on your ebt 😂
For the one who sit in jail How do you repay when they in jail, and if you expect them to repay after they get out of jail That will never happen, for if they don't pay they will go back to jail, why just keep them in jail forever! which will not happen nether. So expect it to continue!
No doubt about it's a inside joB for suRE
shes behind it too
Go figure Cali behind it all.
Look like AI program train to do that.
Will my EBT was shut off and I didn't know why I got a email from DCF in Florida and on the upper right corner it said my I have my address was in Jacksonville Florida University boulevard University drive some apartment complex I looked it up room 222 and I have been homeless since Biden took over living in vehicles for 3 years straight now I work instacart I get paid less than minimum wage it's the only job left in St Petersburg Florida after all the illegals are taking our all our jobs here at the end of the day we I work and I still can't afford anywhere because all the eagles are in everywhere and have our jobs at the end of the day
If there’s a will to fix the problem, it will be fixed. If there’s no will to fix it, it won’t be fixed.
Government has every incentive to spend money and waste money and let money be stolen. It has no incentive to reduce its spending.
You’ll keep paying. They know.
Fix it by eliminating such socialist programs. Socialist EBT and other such programs are not charity but rather theft because this tax money was taken from people by force and against their will. Charity can never be taken from tax dollars because charity is given of ones own free will and taxes are not. People are working too hard to support their own families to have the government steal our hard earned money and give it to people who have done nothing in return. Socialism is evil for this and many more reasons.
Common sense. The longer you live, the more you realize that humans are strange.
This has been going on for years with theft and fraud and they don't do anything about it.
something is wrong if you see that bag of money he didnt even use a safety deposit box or at a storage locker
Should bring back the paper food stamps. This card thing isn't working
its food and sometimes cash on ebt stolen
Yep, know the recipient probably likes the debit card because no else knows they are paying n welfare. However because of the theft paper stamps may be best.
How about wiring money to their bank accounts
no because its convienient to have it electronicaly to use all over no cash and the stores pay the bank for using it a small fee no cash for food@@margaretmukasa2998
NO ITS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HORRIBLE OVERALL!
1600 victims, over a million dollars stolen and sentenced to ONLY 4 years??? I see a major problem here... 😮😮😮 while incarcerated he is on the internet learning to be more proficient at his craft. 😵💫😖😠
Agreed. He is rewarded instead of punished!
If it was the lottery they would have caught all of the perpetrators by now😳😂😑.
so my tax dollars were stolen twice
@cassandra9699 people are past the point of being polite when the refrigerator is empty and an unemployed "FOODIE" is on the news because his free-food-hack was hacked.
Actually three times. These bridge card beneficiaries sell the benefits for 50 cents on the dollar.
no consequence for criminals, but family gets hungry
Meh, they’re alive. And they got money back. Makes a person wonder how they ate if they’re so broke.
@@kiru86 food shelves. I had 535.00 stolen on the day I received EBT this month. They tried to take 1400.00 but that amount was rejected cuz I only have 535 & my son is going through puberty so he eats a lot. Ebt isn't meant to cover all food costs, it's a supplement program. Groceries cost has gone up so much the past 3 years. 2 years ago we only received 300$ and was really hard to have enough food. Ebt we only get food benefits so I can only buy food, there is no cash possible with my card. Please educate yourself.
plenty of jobs available but unemployment and EBT to the rescue?
They should hire more people to go around and check the credit card machines for skimmers. If it's at convenience stores and atm machines as they say, then focus on them the most.
The stores themselves should be checking their machines for skimmers.
All those stores have cameras as well, why don't they figure out who is putting the skimmers on their machines@@juju-xx5xn
Right train employees how to check and put it on the task list
It’s probably the person behind the counter that’s in on the scam of the compromised ATM machines!