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New Yorkers relying on food benefits are falling victim to rampant fraud as their EBT cards—lacking chips or fraud alerts—get hacked, leaving victims without food and no recourse for stolen funds. With no state tracking system, the scale is murky, but surveys show nearly a third of SNAP users have been targeted in the last three years. Organized crime rings, often overseas, exploit the system, siphoning nearly a billion dollars nationwide. California’s success with chip cards and AI fraud detection proves solutions exist—but New York’s outdated system leaves families hungry while law enforcement battles criminals with no backup plan.

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