Massive Fraud Exposed in Welfare Program

[From article]
Store owners would allegedly purchase customer’s WIC coupons and give the recipient a percentage of the cash value.
The store owners would then pocket their cut of the money before being reimbursed by the government for the coupons, sources said.
[. . .]
Sources said the scheme was localized specifically in Asian neighborhoods, with some stores buying as much as $20,000 worth of welfare vouchers per month.

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Multi-million dollar welfare scam busted
By Daniel Prendergast
November 20, 2013 | 3:25pm
New York Post