"We're seeing an awful lot of welfare fraud," Director of Fraud Operations Tom Roth told WCSH-TV. "We definitely have more calls coming in than we have people to handle. Having the support from the state and the public is paramount, I think, to our success."
WCSH reports, the Fraud Investigation and Recovery Unit brought a total of 105 cases to the Attorney General for prosecution last year, totaling more than $1.2 million in stolen state benefits.
So far this year, the unit has brought 29 cases for prosecution totaling $456,131.56 in theft of state benefits.
Roth said that cases where a person uses a dead relative's EBT card are becoming more common.
He said one of the big "red flags" that a card may be being used inappropriately is out-of-state purchases.
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