Nick Shirley’s Oct. 7 video describes an undercover effort in Seattle focused on alleged trafficking in food-assistance benefits. Shirley says people he spoke with told him EBT cards were sold for cash, and that his team found cards in homeless encampments.
The video’s description says Shirley and citizen journalists Jonathan Choe, Grant and Darren posed as sellers and filmed a transaction involving a $120 EBT card. It alleges the card was used to buy one can of Spam and a pack of sushi at a market. The description also recounts a confrontation at the store and says a gun went missing before a crowd pursued the group.
The supplied material is the video’s own promotional description. It does not provide independent corroboration, responses from the people or business depicted, or information about any police investigation or charges. The allegations therefore should not be treated as verified findings.
