MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Police are looking for a man and woman they say were caught on camera stealing the SNAP benefits of at least three women.
Investigators said nearly $1,000 was withdrawn from the victims’ EBT cards at two Cordova convenience store ATMs while the victims still possessed their EBT cards.
Two victims said they received notifications that $320 was taken from their cards at an ATM inside the Circle K in the 360 block of North Germantown Parkway.
A third woman told police that $344 was deposited to her EBT card shortly after midnight on September 1. Later that morning, she discovered $320 had been withdrawn from her card from an ATM at the Circle K in the 600 block of North Germantown Parkway.
Investigators said surveillance video from the stores showed the thefts happened between 5:25 a.m. and 5:50 a.m. on September 1.
In February, the Memphis Police Department said during the first two months of 2024, its Economic Crimes Bureau handled 240 EBT-related cases. MPD could not provide WREG with any updated numbers.
Security experts say criminals install skimmers onto card machines or use phishing scams or bots to steal personal identification numbers.
The state of Tennessee says people victimized between October 1, 2022, and September 30, 2024, can apply for benefits reimbursement through the One DHS Customer Portal at OneDHS.tn.gov .
For information on preventing and reporting EBT fraud, click here .
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Police said the suspects in the most recent EBT fraud cases are also accused of withdrawing cash from several ATMs using stolen credit card information.
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