Sixteen people were charged in what prosecutors called a massive Electronic Benefit Transfer fraud scheme that targeted funds intended for families in need.
George Gascón said
Tuesday that the case involves the theft of private account information of California EBT card holders, the creation of illegal, cloned cards with victims' account information and the withdrawal of large cash amounts from those accounts at ATMs. That left legitimate card holders without funds in their accounts when they would later try to make purchases, according to the District Attorney's Office.
"Stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars intended to feed children and families is nothing short of disgusting,'' the county's top prosecutor said in a statement announcing the charges. Authorities also seized $130,000 in cash and more than 300 cloned EBT cards with an estimated value of $400,000, according to the DA's Office.
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