Two people were arrested last week for their roles in an EBT-for-fentanyl fraud ring, the Seattle Police Department announced.
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As detectives continued to investigate, they learned that several suspects in the CID were involved in a scheme where they offered EBT recipients 30 to 50 cents on the dollar for the balance on their EBT card. According to police, suspects would accompany cardholders into the store, tell them what to buy, take custody of the groceries or merchandise, and pay the cardholder a fraction of the value of the goods in cash. The suspects would then sell the goods on the street or to restaurants.
Five suspects were found to have taken part in the scheme on a daily basis, according to SPD. The department will request felony-level charges for money laundering and trafficking in food stamps. Police also arrested two people who were exchanging fentanyl for EBT cards. On Dec. 7, officers served a search warrant at their residence in the 1500 block of South Bennett Street and recovered the following:202.5 grams of crack cocaineThe 56-year-old man and 51-year-old woman were booked into the King County Jail for possession of narcotics and trafficking of food stamps.
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