Here is what they do in Glendale, CA. The Armenians open up a smoke shop. They buy some cigarettes from legal CA channels, and the majority from indian reservations. They sell the cigarettes to the public, and also sell them for California food stamps at 50 cents on the dollar. The food stamps are bartered for other goods, or given to the owner's family to buy groceries, since the whole clan is working under the table and applying for state aid at the same time. Mom buys the groceries every few days and drives them home in her new Lexus.
Food stamps were replaced with EBT in 2002.