Summary
Los Angeles County's welfare system is the target of an investigation amid growing allegations that it fosters a culture that tolerates fraud in its food stamp program.
Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael Antonovich said he plans to ask county Department of Public Social Services officials and prosecutors this week to investigate fraudulent food stamp trafficking that the U.S. estimates cost taxpayers $241 million last year.See the full content of this document
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County to Probe Welfare Fraud
"The criminal practice known as food stamp trafficking has become a multimillion-dollar industry that involves organized crime across the nation and here in Los Angeles County," Antonovich said.
The investigation comes in the wake of allegations by county employees that the department is exacerbating fraud by failing to a...See the full content of this document
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