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Wisconsin fraud hotline got 162 reports in 2011-2012

By ASSOCIATED PRESS Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - 11:23 a.m.

MADISON—A new report says the state fraud hotline took more than 150 reports over the last biennium.
The nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau has operated the hotline since 2008. The bureau released a report Tuesday that says the line received 162 reports in 2011 and 2012.

Of those reports, 112 fell within the bureau’s authority to investigate. They included 34 reports of people receiving benefits they may not be eligible to receive, 34 reports of waste and inefficiency and 27 reports of agency mismanagement.

The bureau resolved 46 of the reports and determined 38 were unfounded. The remaining 28 are still under review.
The hotline number is 1-877-FRAUD-17. Reports can also be made online at www.legis.wisconsin.gov/lab/hotline.

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RustyRotor
Jan 16, 2013 at 7:40 a.m.
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@alert - "I've said it before but I'll say it again- It would be very easy to disallow things like soda and other unhealthy foods from food cards. For the betterment of kids there should be an all out effort to do so. WIC does a wonderful job of allowing only " WIC" approved foods and it is a Federal program. It might be the only way of educating the public about unhealthy foods."
You should of stopped there, the rest was just garbage.

analertcitizen
Jan 15, 2013 at 9:41 p.m.
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I've said it before but I'll say it again- It would be very easy to disallow things like soda and other unhealthy foods from food cards. For the betterment of kids there should be an all out effort to do so. WIC does a wonderful job of allowing only " WIC" approved foods and it is a Federal program. It might be the only way of educating the public about unhealthy foods. When I wrote this before a
"tea partier" wrote that government shouldn't intefere in the grocery store????????? Too much government control?????

carlitosway
Jan 15, 2013 at 2:20 p.m.
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They do not do anything anyway as those abusing the system continue to lie and get away with it.

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