The WI Fraud Known As Foodshare

Here is just some of the fraud going on with the WI Foodshare program:

Sell their Quest cards for cash.

Trade them for drugs.

Sell the food to friends at a discount to get cash.

Use their Quest cards in exchange for cash - completing the deal in the parking lot and pocketing $50 for every $100 they spend in Quest funds.

33 prison inmates who either improperly received FoodShare benefits themselves or were improperly listed as living with someone else who did.

In 2010:

Nearly 2,000 FoodShare recipients reported losing their Quest card six or more times.

60 recipients had the cards replaced 12 or more times.

Federal rules require that a lost card must be immediately replaced and as you can probably tell - investigating these "lost cards" is not a high priority.

As is the case with all government programs - corruption and fraud are rampant.