Two Walgreens shoppers are now facing criminal charges, in a $29,000 counterfeit coupon scheme that already ensnared two New Orleans-area Walgreens employees earlier this year. And it all came unraveled after the store began to question how many high-value Catalina coupons they were accepting, how many gift cards they were selling – and how many lollipops were flying off the shelves.

39-year-old April Ansardi of Gretna, Louisiana is due to be arraigned today on one count of felony computer fraud. 37-year-old Latina King of Harvey, Louisiana missed her scheduled arraignment this week and is due back in court to face ten counts of felony computer fraud next month.

The two are accused of conspiring with 35-year-old Kewanta Young of Avondale and 40-year-old Fanny Kelley of Harvey, both of them former shift leaders at a local Walgreens just across the Mississippi River from Uptown New Orleans. Together, police say, the four women were involved in a scam using counterfeit Catalina coupons to defraud the store out of more than $29,000.  Entire article here.