EVERETT – An Everett couple is accused of stealing $22,000 worth of lottery tickets and cashing them in for big payouts.

Everett police said the suspects kept the game going for months last summer, until people started catching on.

Vivian Sarber is accused of stealing thousands of dollars’ worth of scratch off tickets from 76 Gas Station on Broadway in Everett, which is where she worked between February and September 2018. In October 2018, she posed as a Washington Lottery employee with the intent to commit further theft.

Police used serial numbers to track the tickets and caught the suspects on camera cashing in.

Snohomish County authorities arrested Sarber for theft and criminal impersonation. Her partner Tanaya Hooten was arrested for theft.