The
trial I was serving as a
juror on ended today so I'm now allowed to talk about it. This one has to be added to the "stupid criminals" list! Basically this little convenience store was using food stamp debit cards (a US welfare system that allows only for the purchase of food stuffs) to defraud the
government. The holder of the card would receive X cash and the government would be billed for 2X. It is totally illegal to give cash for food stamps. The amounts were way larger than would be reasonable for the store's inventory and the amounts were almost always in even dollar amounts instead of ending in odd cents like would be normal if something was actually purchased. This wasn't the
evidence we convicted on (there were witnesses and government surveillance cameras) but still; it was probably what started the investigation. I guess we should be glad criminals are
so stupid.
We continued to be our number instead of our name, even when ordering lunch.