Food stamp fraud is so widespread that Government Accounting Office investigators found dozens of examples merely by searching online e-commerce sites like Craigslist.

One online posting in Raleigh, N.C., offered 10 days of cooking and cleaning services in exchange for food stamps. Someone in Charlotte offered to exchange beer for food stamps, according to GAO.

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