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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 963768" data-attributes="member: 12952">[h=1]Raid of EBT card cheats just ‘beginning’ of fight[/h]Unscrupulous merchants and welfare abusers have pilfered millions in tax&nbsp; dollars from just the handful of Bay State stores that were raided by&nbsp; state and local cops as well as federal agents yesterday, police and&nbsp; prosecutors said. One Quincy convenience store is suspected of ringing&nbsp; up $700,000 in fraudulent food stamp sales over the past two years,&nbsp; while a cluster of Chinatown shops is being eyed for as much as $200,000&nbsp; a month in questionable charges, officials said. Bostonherald.com first&nbsp; reported the raids yesterday. The Attorney General’s Office arraigned a Quincy store owner yesterday&nbsp; and is charging 21 other people with larceny and fraud after raids in&nbsp; Quincy and Fall River, while the feds are heading up a widening probe.&nbsp; Officials said the charges involve EBT cardholders illegally taking cash&nbsp; from stores that rang up false grocery receipts, pocketing half the&nbsp; total.State Rep. Shaunna O’Connell (R-Taunton) has led the push to curb EBT&nbsp; abuse, against administration reluctance. She said of yesterday’s raids:&nbsp; “I’m not too surprised at all. This goes to prove this is a much bigger&nbsp; problem than anyone thinks it is.”</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 963768, member: 12952"] [h=1]Raid of EBT card cheats just ‘beginning’ of fight[/h]Unscrupulous merchants and welfare abusers have pilfered millions in tax dollars from just the handful of Bay State stores that were raided by state and local cops as well as federal agents yesterday, police and prosecutors said. One Quincy convenience store is suspected of ringing up $700,000 in fraudulent food stamp sales over the past two years, while a cluster of Chinatown shops is being eyed for as much as $200,000 a month in questionable charges, officials said. Bostonherald.com first reported the raids yesterday. The Attorney General’s Office arraigned a Quincy store owner yesterday and is charging 21 other people with larceny and fraud after raids in Quincy and Fall River, while the feds are heading up a widening probe. Officials said the charges involve EBT cardholders illegally taking cash from stores that rang up false grocery receipts, pocketing half the total. State Rep. Shaunna O’Connell (R-Taunton) has led the push to curb EBT abuse, against administration reluctance. She said of yesterday’s raids: “I’m not too surprised at all. This goes to prove this is a much bigger problem than anyone thinks it is.” [/QUOTE]

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