{"id":353330,"date":"2026-09-22T08:56:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T08:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/353330\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T08:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T08:56:12","slug":"usda-addresses-snap-fraud-in-new-york-city-the-presidential-prayer-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/353330\/","title":{"rendered":"USDA Addresses SNAP Fraud in New York City \u2013 The Presidential Prayer Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img width=\"730\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/WIC-SNAP-USDA-food-730x438.jpg\" class=\"attachment-wise-post-thumb size-wise-post-thumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>170 stores across NYC\u2019s five boroughs involved in initial investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Agriculture\u2019s (USDA) Food and Nutrition Administration announced a coordinated effort to end fraudulent usage of SNAP benefits in New York City. The USDA\u2019s Operation SNAP Back deployed hundreds of undercover agents to investigate 170 bodegas, convenience stores, and grocery stores in all five NYC boroughs.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe message is clear, if you accept any portion of an annual $100 billion taxpayer program, you must follow the rules or face the consequences,\u201c USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins said. \u201cWe owe it to every American taxpayer to safeguard their hard-earned dollars, and these latest enforcement actions are just a small part of the Food and Nutrition Administration\u2019s efforts to remove criminals and bad actors from food stamps.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>Common fraudulent SNAP transactions include exchanging SNAP benefits for cash or purchasing ineligible items, such as alcohol and non-food items. Retailers that allow these illicit exchanges face temporary or, in some cases, permanent removal from the program.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>As the Lord Leads, Pray with Us\u2026<\/p>\n<p>For Secretary Rollins as she oversees the effort to end the fraudulent use of SNAP benefits.<br \/>\nFor USDA officials involved in Operation SNAP Back activities to prevent illegal SNAP purchases and exchanges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-text-color\"> Sources: Department of Agriculture\n<\/p>\n<p>RECENT PRAYER UPDATES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"170 stores across NYC\u2019s five boroughs involved in initial investigation. The Department of Agriculture\u2019s (USDA) Food and Nutrition&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353331,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,56,63,65,64],"class_list":["post-353330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}