LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A store owner and his employee have been sentenced in connection with a scheme to buy food stamp cards from homeless people in Lincoln.

40-year-old Jose Banos and 48-year-old Juan Garivay were sentenced Wednesday to probation and 180 days in jail on theft by deception charges.

Authorities say Garivay bought food stamp numbers from people at a Lincoln homeless shelter. Banos then entered them into his store’s credit card machine for hundreds of dollars in fake grocery purchases and took the money for himself and Garivay.

According to court records, the two had been running false transactions since 2010. Garivay’s attorney previously called it a one-time, “unfortunate” incident.

Banos and Garivay have paid $60,000 in restitution. Their jail terms begin April 21.