Her job was to literally protect against SNAP fraud, but prosecutors said she abused her role by selling sensitive EBT license numbers to criminals. The benefits, intended to help New York families in need, were siphoned away from the needy and a portion of the money was used on alcohol, cigarettes and other items that are forbidden by SNAP.

Lindey Glenn breaks down how the scam was orchestrated. While Arlas Davis and her cohorts were facing decades in prison for the charges, she was ultimately only sentenced to two years.

A former USDA employee, Arlasa Davis, 56, of Gardiner, New York, was sentenced to two years in prison for orchestrating a massive SNAP fraud scheme involving more than $66 million in illicit transactions. Prosecutors said she abused her role detecting SNAP fraud by selling sensitive EBT license numbers to criminals, prompting U.S. Attorney Sean S. Buckley to state, "Arlasa Davis exploited her role as a government employee to enrich herself while undermining a program designed to help New York families in need," as reported by the U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York.

Davis photographed and shared hundreds of EBT license numbers that were used to set up fraudulent terminals at unauthorized locations, while attempting to mask her payments as "birthday gifts" and "flowers." In addition to prison, she received two years of supervised release and was ordered to forfeit $48,470 and pay $36 million in restitution, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York.

The case was investigated by the USDA Office of Inspector General and the FBI's New York Field Office, and prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, led by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Georgia V. Kostopoulos and Joe Zabel. The case involved fraud related to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, a federal program that provides food assistance to eligible families, and concluded with the sentencing of Davis.