Occasionally, I will write specifically for the SNAP EBT
forum and not publicize the post except in my linked-in page and the Food Stamp
Benefits (EBT) Fraud Group. This is one
of those occasions.
When I read of some of the investigations lasting years, and
the announcement of a prosecution, I wonder if the investigators deployed a
rudimentary evasion detection filter before announcing the prosecution.
Presume the cardholders frequenting a prosecuted vendor are
trafficking regardless if they are or not. Presume that when investigators
announce a prosecution, cardholder traffickers will now seek other
opportunities to materially gain from their needs-based benefits. Within a
local region, the new trafficking vendor will attract the trafficking
cardholders after the shock of prosecution diminishes. The EBT evasion detection
filter shows the amalgamation of cardholders evading detection from the
publicly announced prosecution.
Some may wish to preserve precious investigation budgets by
sending notes to cardholders frequenting publically declaimed trafficking
vendors and letting the cardholders off (or not) with a note. This activity
does not make proper use of fleeing cardholder data which may lead to the next
high value trafficker.
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