Five people have now pleaded guilty to racketeering for their role in a scheme that siphoned $3.7 million from the program that provides milk, cheese and basic subsistence to poor mothers and babies, Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr said Wednesday.

“I applaud the cooperative work of our prosecution division, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the United States Department of Agriculture in this case,” Carr said in a news release Wednesday. “The tax dollars used to support this program are intended to help vulnerable women, infants and children in our state, and not to line the pockets of others. This should send a message that we will always protect the most vulnerable in our state and ensure compliance with the programs we have instituted for their support.”