BOSTON — The Healey administration has begun distributing chip-enabled EBT cards to crack down on fraud in the welfare system as the state faces criticism from the Trump administration over its ...

BOSTON (WPRI) — In an effort to prevent fraud and theft, as well as protect tax dollars, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey announced the state is switching to chip and tap-enabled Electronic Benefit ...

State officials announced the rollout of new tap-enabled chip cards for recipients of public benefits, including the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, as part of a means of tackling ...

Massachusetts is rolling out chip and tap-enabled Electronic Benefit Transfer cards statewide to combat benefit theft, making it the first state in the nation to do so, according to an announcement ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – Massachusetts has become the first state in the nation to launch chip-and-tap-enabled Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards statewide, a move officials say will help prevent fraud ...

The Maryland Department of Human Services is introducing new EBT cards with chip and tap technology to combat fraud and protect benefits. DHS leaders said the increase in card skimming and other ...

LANSING, Mich. – A bill has been signed into Michigan law mandating an issue of chip-enabled Michigan Bridge Cards, cards to be comply with industry standards and for cards to be continuously upgraded ...

Maryland is rolling out new chip-enabled Electronic Benefit Transfer cards statewide in an effort to better protect benefit recipients from fraud and card skimming, becoming the fourth state in the ...

ALBANY — Beginning early next year, millions of SNAP recipients will be sent new cards with chip-enabled technology designed to keep their benefits safe from card-skimming devices. Gov. Kathy Hochul ...

SNAP’s EBT cards are supposed to help low-income families buy food, not fund side hustles. But at LA’s Escamex Party Supplies bodega, these benefits allegedly fueled a brisk backroom business. Jesse ...

(WSET) — For families who rely on SNAP, discovering that benefits have been stolen can mean an immediate crisis at the grocery store — and now, state officials say there are new limits on what can be ...

The Chino Police Department on Friday announced the arrest of a suspect following an extensive investigation into an organized EBT fraud and ATM skimming operation. According to the department, ...