Updated Trafficking Definition

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Updated Trafficking Definition
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What is Trafficking?

• Trafficking is the buying or selling of Food and
  Nutrition Services benefits for cash or
  consideration other than eligible food or the
  attempt to buy or sell FNS benefits online and/or
  in public

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How is trafficking referred?

• USDA Charge Letters
• USDA Office of Inspector General
• Telephone calls and emails from the public
• Monitor social media web sites
• Data Mining

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What are Charge Letters?

• Charge Letters are used by USDA to notify
  authorized FNS retailers that they have been
  investigated and found guilty of trafficking FNS
  benefits

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Charge LettersCounty Notification

• Charge letters are sent to County DSS from the
  State Office.
• County DSS reviews client information for
  suspected recipient trafficking

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Investigative Red Flags

• Several whole dollar transactions
• Rapid Transactions back-to-back
• High dollar transactions in a small store

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Monitoring Social Media Sites

• USDA requires that social media sites be
  monitored for potential trafficking
• SNAP RSS Feed Procedures provided by USDA to
  assist in identifying fraud activities online
• Technical barriers - may need to be discussed
  with your county IT department

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Social Media Referral Example

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Data Mining

• Prison Match Report
• PARIS Report
• BEER Report

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• Questions?

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