Following a three-month undercover operation, Seattle police arrested nearly a dozen people for food stamp fraud in the Chinatown-International District (CID). The operation started back in July, and arrests have been made in the last five days, according to Seattle Police.
Eleven people have been arrested so far, and seven more are being sought as the investigation continues.
Investigation into food stamp fraud
“People would get these cards for food, and they would sell the card and then get the money and go buy drugs,” Seattle Police Department (SPD) Detective Brian Pritchard said.
The suspects allegedly paid the sellers fifty cents on the dollar for EBT cards on the streets of the CID. They would then work with retailers, who police said were involved in the scheme, to turn the cards into cash…