How it’s done:
The dealer takes the EBT card and pin number.
When the card is ‘refilled’ the dopehead gets 1/2 the card’s value in drugs.
Repeat next month...
Simple, like most EBT fraud it could be cheaply eliminated by going to a signature system most stores already have for credit cards.
Political donors and the media don’t wnt EBT fraud stopped because they get their cut out of the eventual food purchases anyway.
The treasury dept. cracked down some on the corner stores here (Rochester, NY). The current m.o. is to take a recipient shopping. You buy $100 worth of groceries, charge it to their card then give them $50 when you’re outside.