State working to issue refunds after Los Lunas EBT accounts hacked

LOS LUNAS, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico’s Human Services Department said nearly 500 households were targeted by a recent Snap food benefits theft after their EBT cards were compromised shopping at the same grocery store. Now, state officials say they’re working to prevent future incidents,The HSD said investigators traced the fraud back to the Smith's store on Main Street. They said an illegal card skimmer had been collecting people's data since May. “It's pretty sc