| Number | 12199 |
| Subject | Welfare |
| Source | Wall Street Journal (New York) |
| State | NY |
| Year | 1995 |
| Publication Date | June 1 |
| Summary | The Wall Street Journal reports that "small businesses play a surprising big role in food-stamp fraud... Retailers' trafficking in food stamps now costs the government as much as $1 billion a year, federal officials estimate. As food-stamp fraud grows, law-enforcement officers are trying new investigative techniques to thwart the small-store crooks." |
| Category | General |
| Pages | 2 |
| Keywords | Agriculture Department Internal Revenue Service IRS debit cards electronic food stamps groceries grocers |
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