LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – People across the nation have been experiencing SNAP benefit fraud.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is there to give help to those in need.

“I went shopping at Kroger, got all the way to the checkout and found out I had a 0 balance,” said Tony Woodfin, Jr., a SNAP Benefit Fraud victim.

Lowndes County Resident Tony Woodfin, Jr. is supposed to get SNAP Benefits monthly.

However, this month, that wasn’t the case.

Two days after his benefits were scheduled to reload, he realized the funds were stolen.

“I am a multiple time cancer patient and I’m on social security disability. And I receive an allotment that helps feed me and whoever may live in my household,” said Woodfin, Jr.

He said he went to the local Department of Human Services office t

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