Number	24851
Subject	Welfare
Source	KING-TV (Seattle)
State	WA
Year	2010
Publication Date	9/15/2010; 9/17/2010; 9/23/2010; 10/5/2010; 10/6/2010; 12/30/2010
Summary	Following several tips on possible "government waste," and schemes that target Seattle taxpayers, KING-TV produced this series of three stories titled "Their Crime, Your Dime." The team exposed how merchants operated a "broad scheme" that allowed citizens to convert their food stamps into cash. Another story revealed how "welfare recipients" were spending millions of "taxpayer cash in the state's casinos."
Category	Contest Entry
Pages	28
Keywords	food stamps; taxpayer; welfare; State Department of Social and Health Services; ATM; casino; public records; black market
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