Federal investigators have arrested five Boynton Beach convenience store employees in connection a with food stamp fraud operation.

A 48-year-old from an EZ Mart, a 32-year-old from a Palm Food & Beverage, a 52-year-old from a Kwik Stop, a 50-year-old from a First Stop Foods, and a 27-year-old also from First Stop Foods were all arrested under charges of public assistance fraud. After undercover police were able to conduct 68 transactions among the stores, obtaining a total of $4,000 in five months, the employees were charged for not exchanging food stamp cards for the appropriate foods. Instead, federal investigators revealed that cash, cigarettes, and alcohol were all being purchased with the federally-backed food stamp program.

Police contended that nearly 100 people that were monitored during the investigation had violated the terms of use for their food stamp cards.

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