SAS® Analytics helps US Food and Nutrition Service bust benefits fraud
Department of Agriculture wields predictive analytics to pinpoint suspicious actors, combat SNAP traffickingUSDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is using predictive analytics from SAS to crack down on fraud in its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). SAS® Analytics is helping FNS detect suspicious behaviors that indicate a beneficiary may be illegally selling SNAP benefits for cash – a scam known as SNAP trafficking. State agencies can then flag those individuals for further investigation. “SNAP fraud rates are