CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 12, 2011. Ten people have been charged in connection with a year-long investigation into organized retail theft and LINK card fraud, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced Thursday.
“Operation Broken LINK” targeted suburban convenience stores engaged in illegal practices involving the Electronic Benefit Transfer cards known in Illinois as “LINK”. Over the course of the investigation, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office worked with the United States Department of Agriculture’s Office of the Inspector General to…
