LOS ANGELES, December 15, 2006 - Authorities are cracking down on fraud schemes using the homeless population on L.A.'s skid row to rip off the federal government.
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In recent months, state and federal investigators have broken up two food stamp scams, one of which involved a merchant who allegedly gave homeless people 50 cents on the dollar for their stamps, then charged the entire value -- $6 million -- to the government, the Los Angeles Times reported
abc7.com: Skid Row Homeless Population Used in Fraud Schemes
I had always heard it was those damn welfare mothers that did all the scamming. Nice to see that business does not want to be left behind. (sarcasm intended)
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