Thefts of Arkansas summer food benefits require card PIN changes, officials say

Arkansas Department of Human Services officials said Monday that recipients of summer nutrition assistance benefits need to change the PINs on their cards due to benefit thefts. The department said in a news release it was unsure how the thieves were taking the benefits, which were loaded onto cards. The department said it identified transactions [

By: Ainsley Platt

Outlets: Arkansas Advocate

Published: June 1, 2026

Words: 411

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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Arkansas Department of Human Services officials said Monday that recipients of summer nutrition assistance benefits need to change the PINs on their cards due to benefit thefts.

The department said in a news release it was unsure how the thieves were taking the benefits, which were loaded onto cards. The department said it identified transactions in several northeastern states such as New York and New Jersey that it believed were “likely to be fraudulent.”

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