EBT card-skimming scheme defrauds Rhode Island SNAP recipients out of $500K

CRANSTON – Roughly 1,800 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefit recipients throughout Rhode Island were defrauded out of a total of $500,000 after their EBT cards were skimmed over the last week, the R.I. Department of Human Services announced Thursday. Skimming is when a device that resembles a credit card machine is attached to a store

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