News Summary

• Jayeleauna Lewis, a 20-year-old single mom from Indiana, receives $486 from SNAP.
• But in September, just minutes after funds were loaded onto her account, they disappeared.
• Experts say she might have been a victim of skimming — when thieves extract card information from payment terminals.
• The u.s. Department of Agriculture Office of Inspector General projected that, over the past two years alone, $233 million may have been lost due to food assistance theft — largely driven by skimming.