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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 1220343" data-attributes="member: 12952">Louisiana Suspends EBT Cards for Food Stamp CheatsMore than 12,000 people were sent an insufficient funds notice&nbsp; when the problem with the EBT cards was fixed on Oct. 12; those who&nbsp; transgressed may lose their EBT cards for a year.&nbsp;Once the system was fixed, it became clear how much fraud there&nbsp; was; one woman had an EBT card with a balance of 49 cents but still had&nbsp; $700 worth of goods in her shopping cart.Suzy Sonnier, the secretary of state at the Department of Children&nbsp; and Family Services, released a statement saying: &quot;We must protect the&nbsp; program for those who receive and use their benefits appropriately&nbsp; according to the law. We are looking at each case individually,&nbsp; addressing those recipients who are suspected of misrepresenting their&nbsp; eligibility for benefits or defrauding the system.&quot; The&nbsp; Advocate reported that violators will receive a letter stating their EBT&nbsp; cards have been canceled along with information as to how to appeal&nbsp; their cases. They may lose their EBT cards forever.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 1220343, member: 12952"] [B]Louisiana Suspends EBT Cards for Food Stamp Cheats[/B] More than 12,000 people were sent an insufficient funds notice when the problem with the EBT cards was fixed on Oct. 12; those who transgressed may lose their EBT cards for a year. Once the system was fixed, it became clear how much fraud there was; one woman had an EBT card with a balance of 49 cents but still had $700 worth of goods in her shopping cart. Suzy Sonnier, the secretary of state at the Department of Children and Family Services, released a statement saying: "We must protect the program for those who receive and use their benefits appropriately according to the law. We are looking at each case individually, addressing those recipients who are suspected of misrepresenting their eligibility for benefits or defrauding the system." The Advocate reported that violators will receive a letter stating their EBT cards have been canceled along with information as to how to appeal their cases. They may lose their EBT cards forever. [/QUOTE]

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