Arizona Food Stamp Fraud at Dollar Dayz

Employees of a store called Dollar Dayz on 19th and Buckeye in Phoenix, AZ were arrested for trading Arizona Food Stamps for cash.  A great deal of the cash was then used to purchase drugs.

Catch the live Arizona Food Stamp Fraud story as it unfolds below:

 

According to investigators, the store has traded approximately $1 million dollars worth of Arizona tax payer's dollars by trading Arizona food stamps for cash and then using the cash to purchase an illegal drug known as spice.

The suspects allegedly stole about $120,000 a month in Arizona food stamps.

The ridiculous part about it (other than the blatant theft)is the fact that the store only has 2 aisles of food...

Here is how the Arizona food stamp fraud went down:

People would go to the Dollar Dayz store under the auspice of purchasing food.  Once they got to the store, the clerks/owners would basically allow them to trade their Arizona food stamps at 50 cents on the dollar.  Some people would walk away with the cash, and others would go around the corner and buy drugs.

Undercover agents had been watching Dollar Dayz for months before they decided to make a bust.

Everyone who was involved in this case are facing serious charges. This is the second store to be busted for Arizona food stamp fraud in 2013 by an inter-agency group that calls themselves Strikeforce: Quest after the Quest food stamp card...