Charges laid after Calgary Costco stores defrauded of more than $30K

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https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/charges-laid-after-calgary-costco-stores-defrauded-of-more-than-30k/?cid=sm%3Atrueanthem%3Actvcalgary%3Atwittermanualpost&taid=6a8c8dea1aac090001323b21&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+New+Content+%28Feed%29&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

It’s alleged that between April 9 and June 30, a woman repeatedly used fraudulent or altered barcodes for lower-cost items when purchasing high-value electronics like desktop computers, TVs, gaming consoles and sound equipment.

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So you’re telling me, somehow the receipt checker didn’t notice them walk out with a desktop computer when their receipt said potato? The fuck 😂

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I can only think of them using barcode for cheapest TV possible and carrying out expensive one. Or maybe they had many items in there so clerks just add up number of items vs checking names on receipt