Cory Doctorow on Nostr: These low-level crooks stroll up to ATMs and feed a succession of cloned cards into ...
These low-level crooks stroll up to ATMs and feed a succession of cloned cards into them, emptying account after account. Or they swipe cards at grocery checkouts, buying cases of #RedBull and other easily sold grocery products with some victim's entire SNAP balance.
Some police agencies are pursuing these criminal gangs and trying figure out who's running them, but the authorities who issue SNAP cards are doing little to nothing to stop the pipeline at their end.
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