LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A single mother who relied on federal food assistance lost her benefits in 2020 after Kentucky investigators concluded she’d committed fraud. Expert say officials overrely on purchase dataNational legal experts who specialize in SNAP access say an overreliance on transactional data isn’t unique to Kentucky. She lost her SNAP benefits for a year. They appear to almost exclusively discuss transactional data, including investigating back-to-back payments, large transactions and whole-dollar purchases. In 2020, Michigan appellate judges decided transactional data alone is never sufficient to prove that a business — or person — fraudulently used SNAP benefits.