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$18 Million WIC And Food Stamps Fraud Scheme Used Pretend Grocery Stores
Consumerist ^ | June 12, 2014

Posted on 06/12/2014 11:28:53 AM PDT by SMGFan

WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) and SNAP (Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program) are both federally-funded, state-administered programs with the simple goal of preventing Americans from going hungry. In Georgia, 54 people have been indicted for setting up pretend grocery stores that defrauded the programs of millions of dollars.

While this particular fraud scheme only came to light when the federal indictment was unsealed yesterday, taxpayers learned about problems with WIC administration in Georgia last year. The massive fraud and imaginary store scheme wouldn’t have been possible without serious problems in the state’s administration of nutrition programs. For example,

WIC is a stricter program than food stamps; it’s intended for families with small children and pregnant or lactating women. Recipients receive paper vouchers that they exchange for a very specific selection of groceries: think staple foods like fresh fruit, peanut butter, beans, canned fish, milk, and of course infant formula. It’s more challenging to defraud WIC, but this evidently doesn’t stop some people.

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1 posted on 06/12/2014 11:28:53 AM PDT by SMGFan
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To: SMGFan
"WIC is a stricter program than food stamps; it’s intended for families with small children and pregnant or lactating women. Recipients receive paper vouchers that they exchange for a very specific selection of groceries: think staple foods like fresh fruit, peanut butter, beans, canned fish, milk, and of course infant formula."

Why is the food stamp program any less restrictive if it's really about food? Answer: because its about transfering wealth. They get debit cards they can use to buy just about anything they want.

2 posted on 06/12/2014 11:32:54 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: SMGFan

Wait till Obamacommiecare get’s “going”, every organized crime outfit in the world is going to treat it like their own personal ATM. “Dr. Uri Golovanov was paid $456 million for doing a routine physical at P.O Box 3456”


3 posted on 06/12/2014 11:34:23 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Hitlery: Incarnation of evil.)
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To: SMGFan
The entire US feral government is just a pyramid scheme of scams.
4 posted on 06/12/2014 11:34:37 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government." --Tacitus)
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To: SMGFan

And this fraud scheme was only concerning the state of Gorgia - how about the other 49 (or 56 if you go with Obama’s counting system)?

I can’t even imagine how much fraud goes on in the states of CA or NY.


5 posted on 06/12/2014 11:43:02 AM PDT by rusty schucklefurd
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To: rusty schucklefurd

Sorry , I meant Georgia, not “Gorgia”.


6 posted on 06/12/2014 11:44:15 AM PDT by rusty schucklefurd
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To: SMGFan

They shop at Food Lyin

(sorry about that….)


7 posted on 06/12/2014 11:57:13 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (www.FireKarlRove.com NOW)
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To: SMGFan

bump


8 posted on 06/12/2014 12:03:40 PM PDT by angelsonmyside
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To: circlecity
Good question. WIC is one of the few nutrition supplement programs that pretty much works as planned.

You are not going to get fat on what they provide.

IIRC there is no sweetened items allowed at all. The only meat is canned fish. All grain items are whole grain.

If you are actually hungry it is good stuff. If you are not hungry it is pretty boring and not exactly tasty.

9 posted on 06/12/2014 12:09:51 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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To: SMGFan

I am betting this is just a small tip of the iceberg.


10 posted on 06/12/2014 12:45:55 PM PDT by Bigg Red (31 May 2014: Obamugabe officially declares the USA a vanquished subject of the Global Caliphate.)
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