Dossier
EBT
Coverage of EBT in the Nexus archive.
- $760K stolen from SNAP recipients in scheme tied to Charlotte area
Two Romanian nationals, Marian and Catalin Dumitru, stole $760,000 from SNAP benefits by installing skimming devices on ATMs and EBT cards in the Charlotte area. They used stolen funds to purchase goods in Gastonia and Pineville before being arrested and pleading guilty to wire fraud.