The story looked at how the vast majority of SNAP benefit cards issued by the states do not include the latest chip technology that makes it more difficult and expensive for thieves to clone them. In announcing the lawsuit, the MRLI linked to a story KrebsOnSecurity published last month that examined how skimming thieves increasingly are targeting SNAP payment card holders nationwide. ![]() The criminals then use that information to make a fake card and steal the SNAP benefits.” ![]() “The criminals attach a skimming device on a POS (point of sale) terminal to capture the household’s account information and PIN. “Over the past few months, thieves have stolen over a million SNAP dollars from thousands of Massachusetts families – putting their nutrition and economic stability at risk,” the MLRI said in a statement on the lawsuit. The SNAP program serves over a million people in Massachusetts, and 41 million people nationally. 4, The Massachusetts Law Reform Institute (MLRI) filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of low-income families whose Supplemental Nutrition and Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits were stolen from their accounts. ![]() ![]() The Massachusetts SNAP benefits card looks more like a library card than a payment card.
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