The thefts of EBT benefits have been going on for years, but law enforcement had not mentioned it to members of the Kern County Board of Supervisors.

On this episode of Kern County In Depth, 17 News reporter Cecilia Treviño and Alex Fisher discuss her reporting on an ongoing multi-million dollar scam hitting EBT recipients in Kern County. Millions ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — (KBAK/FOX58) Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) users in Kern County have fallen victim to a skimmer scam, losing a staggering $2.5 million in taxpayer funds. The Kern ...

Kristy Torres with the Kern County Department of Human Services, which oversees the distribution of EBT benefits, said fraud is a statewide problem and the county receives about 800 requests for ...

Kern County prosecutors said in court this week that a Romanian gypsy church in Southern California is bailing out the recent string of EBT thieves in the county.

A 23-year-old man was arrested Saturday in a suspected "skimming" card fraud case. The arrest resulted from a sting the Kern County District Attorney's Office was conducting in Delano with the ...

Wednesday morning brought new developments in a years-long legal dispute between Governor Gavin Newsom and several Kern County oil producers.