Comments on: FDLE Arrests Food Stamp Traffickers in Massive Statewide Sweep

By: C

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:28:37 +0000

Lulu:

Children 21 and under living with a parent have to have the parents included. Your daughter and her children can apply as a seperate group when she turns 22.

By: Lulu

Lulu — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:53:56 +0000

T,
Tried that and they wanted to get her on fraud charges saying she didn’t provide them with all the information.

By: T

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:32:41 +0000

LULU, you can get around that by not saying that you buy and cook food together.
She need’s to state that she buys her and her childrens food seperate from You.

By: Lulu

Lulu — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:36:59 +0000

And my daughters trying to get food stamps for her 2 children but since she is 21 and lives with me “I” make too much money. Figure that one. These food stamps are for the children whose mother doesn’t work so why do they need to use MY income,

By: Century Girl

Century Girl — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:46:24 +0000

Ol soldier.. The person trying to sell the roast isn’t breaking a law at that point that you were approached. Now as for the fraud with EBT cards call the sheriff’s dept.

By: Just An Old Soldier

Just An Old Soldier — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:45:12 +0000

Good job FDLE – now if they could find a way to crack down on people using those cards and running out the store to resell the product at half value to get cash for drugs or booze. Had a fellow approach me outside a seafood store with a beef roast he just bought down the street, and he was willing to sell that $30 roast for $10…who can you call in such a case? I just shook my head and walked away.

Clearly there is more fraud going on with all sides with this program that is wasting our tax dollars. And tax dollars gone from the state budget are gone forever.

By: Century Girl

Century Girl — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:47:15 +0000

Although this is amaizing , this type of scam has been going on for years. Several years ago there were some people receiving public assistance would sell their “food nutritional product” , for example liquid Ensure & Baby formula, at the local flea market on T street in Pensacola. Also, medical devices, such as wheelchairs, walker would be sold or swapped for pennies on the dollar.

Everyone one getting help isn’t bad. There are those that lack character! It is behavior like this that hurts those people who really need public assistance.

By: Harry

Harry — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:00:18 +0000

to MWM65 – you are right honest people don’t get help, we just work and try to make ends meet and sacrifice where we need to…. so much for the childhood lessons about cheaters never win Etc. they seem to always get the breaks…..
I know folks who work and make good money,, under the table and collect benifits like EBT and florida kids insurance. this is so wrong, how do you report this???

By: Harry

Harry — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:56:49 +0000

wrong is wrong, if they want to sell their stamp or card money for half of the face value to get cash they should just get a job! even minimum wage would be about that, right? I am tierd of paying my taxes and busting my backside so some deadbeat dirtbag can sell their assistance! I hope all of these folks get what is coming and I hope they go after the ones selling the cards, etc.

By: Fed(eral) Up

Fed(eral) Up — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:45:56 +0000

Now go after those that “sell” their “government assistance” to the people…I personally had someone show up at my home (byrneville) and try to sell me their ebt balance for 20 cents on the dollar…I told them that what they were doing was illegal and they responded by saying, “Really?!?!?!?”