Assess whether to recoup, waive, or refer for prosecution after a skimming

SITUATION A state SNAP agency after an EBT skimming wave has identity-proofing exception queue in hand following a skimming complaint cluster around one terminal. SNAP trafficking investigator must determine whether to recoup, waive, or refer for prosecution for this Public Benefits Trafficking and Eligibility Fraud file.

DECISION SNAP trafficking investigator in a state SNAP agency after an EBT skimming wave must choose To recoup, waive, / Refer for prosecution using identity-proofing exception queue after a skimming complaint cluster around one terminal.

HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. The population in identity-proofing exception queue is the one a skimming complaint cluster around one terminal named, so To recoup, waive, follows for this Trafficking and Eligibility Fraud file. 2. The population in identity-proofing exception queue is adjacent only to a skimming complaint cluster around one terminal; Refer for prosecution is the honest Public Benefits call. 3. A state SNAP agency after an EBT skimming wave already contained a skimming complaint cluster around one terminal before identity-proofing exception queue arrived; no new Trafficking and Eligibility Fraud path. 4. Provenance on identity-proofing exception queue after a skimming complaint cluster around one terminal is broken; do not pick To recoup, waive, or Refer for prosecution yet.

ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Match household facts in identity-proofing exception queue to the rule that pays the benefit. 2. Trace the notice and appeal path SNAP trafficking investigator must preserve. 3. Test eligibility, recoupment, and improper-payment facts in identity-proofing exception queue after a skimming complaint cluster around one terminal. 4. For this Public Benefits Trafficking and Eligibility Fraud file, read identity-proofing exception queue against a skimming complaint cluster around one terminal and write the one fact that would move to recoup, waive, or refer for SNAP trafficking investigator.

RECOMMENDATION Choose To recoup, waive, / Refer for prosecution on this Public Benefits / Trafficking and Eligibility Fraud packet (identity-proofing exception queue after a skimming complaint cluster around one terminal). The follow-on Trafficking and Eligibility Fraud action is what SNAP trafficking investigator does next: implement the option, assign an owner, and log the missing fact.

COMMAND RETURNS - Bottom-line Public Benefits option on to recoup, waive, or refer, then the evidence in identity-proofing exception queue, then the action for SNAP trafficking investigator - Hypothesis scorecard against identity-proofing exception queue: supported / rejected / untestable - Trafficking and Eligibility Fraud finding in identity-proofing exception queue that a second reviewer can re-perform - Missing page in identity-proofing exception queue after a skimming complaint cluster around one terminal, if any