wral.com
RALEIGH, North Carolina -- A state audit has found that hundreds of people have used bogus Social Security numbers to obtain food stamps.
From July 2002 to last April, 1,906 people were receiving food stamps from the state Department of Social Services based on invalid Social Security numbers, the audit report stated. Another 1,237 food stamp recipients were using the Social Security numbers of dead people, according to the audit.
Posted by tyne at December 16, 2007