DOJ Charges California Food Stamp Official for Sending Benefits to Dead People – Then Spending Them

The Western Journal ^ | 12/21/25 | Jonathan Jones

[CFW]

Federal prosecutors have charged a longtime California welfare worker with carrying out a multi-year fraud scheme involving food assistance benefits and dead people.

The U.S. Department of Justice announced the arrest of former Madera County benefits eligibility worker Leticia Mariscal, 55, of Madera.

Prosecutors alleged that Mariscal stole tens of thousands of dollars in CalFresh benefits by exploiting her access to county databases.

CalFresh is California’s version of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

According to the Justice Department, the alleged scheme took place between December 2020 and April 2025.

Mariscal is accused of improperly accessing identifying information for elderly and deceased individuals.

Authorities said she secretly approved those individuals for CalFresh benefits.

Prosecutors alleged that she then printed EBT cards in their names. Benefits were then deposited onto the cards and allegedly spent by Mariscal herself.

Federal authorities say that more than 15 identities were used in the scheme, The New York Post reported.

[CFW]

How many other employees of SNAP program offices nationwide are doing the same thing?

[The Free Engineer]

How many of these identities are active voters?

[gnarledmaw]

Spending dead people!?!?!?

Absolutely barbaric.

[Mark]

Another Republican caught in a crime! (oh, WAIT)

[chopperk]

Maybe dems are using this fraud to finance their campaigns.

[cherry]

I l9ok around m and see peo0k3 living large and it dawns on me that everybody cheats...

[milagro]

Indubitably!!

[Mark17]

How many other employees of SNAP program offices nationwide are doing the same thing?

Probably bunches. Bust their sorry a$$e$.

[Deaf Smith]

“tens of thousands of dollars”

She do not know of any Somalians that could tutor her to go for $millions and move it out of the country.

[MayflowerMadam]

I doubt if many people on this forum do. We “live (relatively) large, and cheating never has reared its head. Hard work, thrifty spending, and good investments.

[Carl Vehse]

Flogging needs to be brought back for government officials convicted of crimes like these.

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[Bullish]

Leticia huh?

[The Free Engineer]

I think that is quite likely given their pattern of corrupt behavior.

[volare737]

I prefer “tar and feathering”.

[Dan Zachary]

But we should be concentrating on a mean tweet by President Trump

[Telepathic Intruder]

There’s probably very little risk involved in this as long as a Democrat is president.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Friggin’ California. When is that toilet finally going to fall into the Pacific? It’s costing the taxpayers a forture.

[KittyKares]

Some people are absolutely brazen in how they steal money.

[Fireone]

Yup! Didn’t even have to look. They tip their hand at least 99% of the time.