USDA Disqualifies 1,562 Retailers, Prevents $835 Million in Fraudulent SNAP Transactions

Retailers engaging in SNAP fraud face expulsion from the program, penalties, and jail time.

People shop for food at a store that accepts food stamps in New York, in an undated file photograph. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service has disqualified 1,562 retailers associated with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and disabled 760 illegal point-of-sale devices since Oct. 1, 2025.

This has resulted in the prevention of nearly $835 million in fraudulent SNAP transactions, Stephen Vaden, deputy secretary of the Department of Agriculture (USDA), said in an April 17 post on X.