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Pepsico delivery man Nick Jones unloads Aquafina water and other Pepsi products while makiing a delivery in Tualatin, Ore., Wednesday, April 26, 2006. PepsiCo Inc., the world's No. 2 soft-drink maker and owner of snack-maker Frito-Lay, on Wednesday said first-quarter profit jumped as revenue across all its divisions grew, aided by a growth in sales of snacks and beverages marketed as healthier fare.(AP Photo/Don Ryan)
The federal government is moving to crack down on a bizarre form of food-stamp fraud that's flushing away taxpayer dollars.
The scam is called "water dumping." It works as follows: Food stamp recipients use their benefits to purchase water bottles and from there promptly dump the water out and redeem the bottles for cash.
It takes dedication to make any measurable profit off this. But it is a waste of water and a waste of taxpayer resources, not to mention an abuse of the "bottle deposit" system. And the Department of Agriculture is trying to put a stop to it.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/08/24/federal-government-tries-to-stop-food-stamp-water-dumping-fraud/#ixzz1W3751kyj
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