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Old 04-26-2014, 01:54 PM
 
Location: Massachusetts & Hilton Head, SC
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Oh, there has been dozens of articles about EBT fraud in the past couple of years.

Coakley targets EBT fraud

Medford couple ordered to pay more than $161,000 in restitution for EBT card fraud - Metro Desk - Boston.com

Food stamp fraud on rise in Brockton, across state - News - The Enterprise, Brockton, MA - Brockton, MA

Swipe your EBT for porn and tattoos as Massachusetts vetos food stamp reform - National Finance Examiner | Examiner.com


EBT Welfare Fraud in MA.flv - YouTube

53 targeted in in alleged food stamp fraud » Region » SalemNews.com, Salem, MA

30,000 Missing EBT Cards in MA, State Auditor Suzanne Bump on Waste Fraud and Abuse in the Massachusetts Welfare System | The Valley Patriot
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Old 04-26-2014, 05:27 PM
 
Location: Massachusetts
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And if they try harder, they might even be hired at Mary Lou's!
ha, ha, ha, I'm already nostalgic for that thread.
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Old 04-26-2014, 05:27 PM
 
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Different types of welfare is another topic and beyond the scope of a local forum. This thread is about the abuse of Massachusetts EBT cards.
Agree to this big time.

I'll also add that at the state level (yes this is a state specific forum), there is no significant amount corporate welfare. Well, it is peanuts in comparison to welfare to the "poor". I heard that around 50% of the state budget now goes towards "entitlements".
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Old 05-08-2014, 08:19 AM
 
Location: in the miseries
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News story last night on Channel 4.
Expose on EBT cards being used overseas and in far away places for cash.
These are Ma cards.

The places are: Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Hawaii, Florida. etc.

I thought these benefits were for Mass residents?
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Old 05-08-2014, 08:49 AM
 
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News story last night on Channel 4.
Expose on EBT cards being used overseas and in far away places for cash.
These are Ma cards.

The places are: Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Hawaii, Florida. etc.

I thought these benefits were for Mass residents?

They are FROM MA, they are just using the EBT cards for spending money on vacation.
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Old 05-08-2014, 10:16 AM
 
Location: in the miseries
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They are FROM MA, they are just using the EBT cards for spending money on vacation.
That's what I thought.
So will speaker Deleo now act against this fraud?
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Old 05-10-2014, 04:37 PM
 
Location: Kent, UK/ Cranston, US
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Same here,I see it almost every week while shopping. Last week I was behind someone using their EBT card and she had at least 5 rib eye steaks,a couple of roasts and a bunch of other nice meats and fish. I don't think they should have to eat dog food but there should be some limits especially when they're eating better than me! The kicker was when I was going to my truck there was the same EBT lady getting into her Cadillac Escalade!!






I believe it. My buddy is an electrician and has to do repair work in a lot of subsidized apts and says you wouldn't believe what they have inside from 60" flat screens to leather couches. Never mind the subsidized cable tv,phone and internet along with free smartphones. Which is why all our rates are more!
Doesn't exist.
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Old 05-10-2014, 04:52 PM
 
Location: near bears but at least no snakes
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I believe it. My buddy is an electrician and has to do repair work in a lot of subsidized apts and says you wouldn't believe what they have inside from 60" flat screens to leather couches. Never mind the subsidized cable tv,phone and internet along with free smartphones. Which is why all our rates are more!

That's hard to believe unless they are drug dealers. If they are drug dealers they should be thrown out.

I've known people who lived in subsidized elderly housing who couldn't afford cable tv so around here at least, there is no discounted tv. Subsidized internet? Where? Free smartphones, wow--where?

I was playing fooling around at baseball a few years ago with some welfare kids and when I got my phone out they all came to look at it. They had never seen a cell phone close up and they had no idea how to use it. There ARE some plain ordinary cell phones that one of the phone companies gave away for free to people on welfare. The people probably have to buy minutes for them but anyway those didn't come from any government.
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Old 05-11-2014, 06:33 AM
 
Location: in the miseries
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Poor people get 200 minutes free on a free cell phone.
I have seen abuses,
A friend will move into a subsidized apt.
And live there for years providing a lot of the above amenities.
This is fraud of EBT cards, too.
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Old 05-11-2014, 07:15 AM
 
Location: near bears but at least no snakes
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Poor people get 200 minutes free on a free cell phone.
I have seen abuses,
A friend will move into a subsidized apt.
And live there for years providing a lot of the above amenities.
This is fraud of EBT cards, too.
Yes, I've known of that too. The friend moves in or stays there off and on. They deal drugs and they have lots of money. THAT needs to be stopped. All forms of welfare fraud need to be stopped.

But honest people who need food shouldn't be lumped in with the crooks who are abusing the system. Go after the crooks.
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