Food stamps swapped for booze, Viagra
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DETROIT (AP) — Viagra and pornography are not staples on the government’s food stamp list. But authorities say a Detroit store supplied them during a series of illegal deals.
Federal prosecutors filed fraud charges this week against three people who worked at Jefferson’s Liquor Palace.
The alleged scheme worked this way: Food stamp recipients would get cash from the store in exchange for swiping larger amounts off their electronic cards. The store would then be reimbursed by the U.S. Agriculture Department.
But in some transactions, the store provided informants Viagra, liquor and porn in exchange for swiping about $2,000 off food stamp cards.
So you can use food stamp cards in liquor stores in Detroit? No wonder that place in so screwed up. I'm pretty sure you can't do that in Texas. If you could I'd be applying for food stamps tomorrow. I'd be eating free food at my folks' house and getting all the booze, porn and Viagra I could fit in BYB Headquarters with my government aid. Of the possibilities.
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