USDA Sec. Brooke Rollins: “We found 200,000 dead people getting food stamps, and 500,000 getting more than one benefit… in the red states. Blue states are suing us… The fraud is so stunning.”
Rollins says investigators found 200,000 people using dead Americans’ Social Security numbers and nearly 500,000 collecting benefits in multiple states, while some states refuse to share data.
“The fraud is so stunning,” says Rollins, warning that millions more fraudulent beneficiaries may be hidden in states resisting federal scrutiny.
The USDA says its crackdown has already uncovered nearly 700,000 fraudulent SNAP cases, raising questions about how much taxpayer money has been lost nationwide.
According to Rollins, states that cooperated
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