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Latest revision as of 16:57, 23 July 2023
Operation T-Bone was a multi-jurisdictional investigation of Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) fraud led by the Jefferson County District Attorney's office. Participating law enforcement agencies raided eleven convenience stores in the Birmingham area on June 3, 2015 and arrested seventeen individuals for fraud. According to authorities the stores and their inventories would be subject to "forfeiture and condemnation."
Stores
- City Supermarket, 1531 13th Place South, Glen Iris
- Graymont Grocery, Graymont Avenue, Graymont
- R&S Supermarket, 326 6th Avenue South, Titusville
- Nana's Supermarket, 400 1st Street South
- 3rd Avenue Package, 1501 3rd Avenue West
- Bessemer Market 2931 Dartmouth Avenue
- 40th Street Grocery, 1200 40th Street North, North Avondale
- Christy's Texaco, 201 6th Avenue Southwest, Titusville
- Uptown Grocery, 1531 12th Court North
- Triple M Food Mart, 1546 F. L. Shuttlesworth Drive, Norwood
- R&F Inc. Convenience Store, 5612 1st Avenue South, Woodlawn
- Munchies Food Store, 4100 5th Avenue South, Forest Park-South Avondale
References
- Robinson, Carol (June 3, 2015) "Corner stores turned EBT cards into cash for drugs, wired profit to Yemen, authorities say." The Birmingham News