Massachusetts launches chip-and-tap EBT cards statewide
The rollout follows a Worcester-area pilot that mailed 35,000 cards and used new chip technology to reduce skimming fraud.
- State officials are rolling out new chip-enabled EBT cards across Massachusetts to combat skimming, which steals information from magnetic stripes on existing cards.
- Investigators uncovered widespread skimming schemes across Massachusetts, including a Boston-area ring that prevented an estimated $16.7 million in government fraud losses last year.
- Earlier this year, US Attorney Leah Foley announced a crackdown to "actively and aggressively root out" alleged benefit fraud, citing nine arrests for collecting $943,000 from public assistance programs.
- Healey emphasized the administration's commitment, stating, "We're focused on preventing fraud and theft so that these funds are going to the people who need and deserve them."
- The Department of Transitional Assistance will mail updated EBT cards to clients statewide throughout August, following a successful July pilot in Worcester involving 35,000 cards.
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