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Conservative internet celebrity Sherry accidentally accused an Asian supermarket in Seattle and customers of EBT fraud. Later, after the store provided clarification, he publicly backtracked and admitted that he had seen no evidence.
Conservative internet celebrity and freelance journalist Nick Shirley visits Seattle’s Chinatown in Octobervietnam An elderly woman was chased all the way inside the supermarket “Lam’s Seafood Asian Market”. He observed the woman purchasing spring rolls and tuna, mistaking them for lunch meat and sushi, and claimed in the video’s description that the items “magically became worth $120.”
She asked the cashier: “Why do these lunch meats and sushi cost $120?” The cashier looked confused. Eventually she asked to see the manager and asked the clerk why she “allowed others to fraudulently collect money”.ration card “.
“You all are committing fraud, this entire neighborhood is committing fraud,” he said in the video, which is still available on TikTok.
Lam Seafood Asian Supermarket denied Sherry’s allegations more than a month ago. The operations manager said the supermarket has never been involved in any food stamp electronic benefits card (EBT) fraud. The store explained that because Sherry did not speak Vietnamese, she did not understand the woman’s explicit statement that she wanted to buy an entire can of tuna, and the store’s accusation was completely true.
After a month, Sherry completely withdrew her statement.
Sherry said in the video released on the 11th: “I have an important correction. I once said (the woman from Lam’s Seafood Asian Supermarket) bought a box of lunch meat and a piece of sushi for $120. This is not correct. Lam’s Seafood Asian Supermarket has since clarified “This woman wanted to buy a whole box of lunch meat, so the transaction amount was $120. I found no evidence that Lam’s Seafood Asian Supermarket itself engaged in EBT fraud or colluded with the woman who was trying to use the EBT card in the video.”
In other words, Sherry needlessly harassed an old Vietnamese woman who just wanted to buy groceries. Many netizens pointed out that the conservative Internet celebrity’s apology and withdrawal sounded as if it was written by a lawyer.
Sherry rose to prominence by harassing minority-owned businesses and baselessly accusing them of financial crimes. In April, more than a dozen federal agents investigated a Mini Childcare Center in Minneapolis. This nursery is Sherry’s attempt to prove SomaliaAsian One of several nurseries harassed by Americans running a sophisticated fraud scheme. None of the nurseries targeted by Sherry have so far been found guilty of fraud.
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In the video, he mistook the old woman’s shopping items for fraudulent food stamps, and accused the store clerk and the entire neighborhood of committing fraud on the spot. He also asked to meet the manager, which caused inconvenience to the store and customers.
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The store said that the woman actually wanted to buy an entire can of tuna or luncheon meat, and the US$120 charge was not unreasonable; Sherry misunderstood the transaction because she did not understand Vietnamese, and the supermarket had never engaged in EBT fraud.
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A month later, he acknowledged that his previous statement was false and said there was no evidence that the store or the woman were involved in fraud. Others criticized him for frequently targeting minority businesses and felt his behavior amounted to unfair harassment.
