Three K & S Convenience Store employees, Kameel Sweiss, 51, Ameer Sweiss, 22, and Faday Sweiss, 33, have been arrested and arraigned for Illegally Conducting an Enterprise, Fraudulent Schemes and Artifices, Money Laundering, Unlawful Use of Food Stamps and Computer Tampering.
On the morning of August 28, SWAT units of the Phoenix Police Department made entry into the K & S Convenience Store located at 6116 N 27th Avenue in Phoenix and Sweiss’ Peoria home. Some of the evidence seized included $32,876 in cash and the key to a private bank vault that held $550,480 in cash. Additional evidence seized included bank records and accounts, extraneous food stamp cards, business ledgers, and three vehicles.
The probable cause arrests came after months of a coordinated undercover operation involving the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, Phoenix Police Department (PD), United States Department of Agriculture, Office of the Inspector General, and Arizona Department of Economic Security. The Arizona Department of Revenue took part in the search of the store in an ongoing and separate investigation.
In addition to $100,000 bonds, all three are required to surrender their passports as a condition of release. The judge added that if any of the defendants post bond they will have to wear an ankle monitor.