Families across Washington are learning the horrible news that their state benefits have been stolen by scammers. To make matters worse, the state can’t replace or refund those benefits.
JESSE JONES: More than a thousand Washington families' state benefits stolen by scammersSEATTLE — Families across Washington are learning the horrible news that their state benefits have been stolen by scammers.Sylvia Turner, who lives in Auburn, had $1,600 of her federal state and food benefits stolen.
About 1,300 individuals have been affected in Washington alone, according to the Department of Social and Health Services. “I have surveillance video and footage of it,” said Hasegawa. “It is not Sylvia. It was a gentleman, a female with a baby infant … they did two separate transactions between them.”
“Absolutely. And that is an area that we are reaching out to our retailers and asking for that,” said Stajduhar.
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