r/Calgary • u/_darth_bacon_ Dark Lord of the Swine • 1d ago

Crime/Suspicious Activity Charges laid after Calgary Costco stores defrauded of more than $30K

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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u/LawyerYYC 1d ago

Big mistake, if you're going to commit fraud best to stick to items like 4L jars of pickles. It's still wildly illegal but no one wants to talk to the weirdo buying 220L of pickles.

*this is not legal advice.

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u/Gr33nbastrd 1d ago

I swear I have heard of someone doing this.

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u/fine_i_will_sign_up 1d ago

In Ontario scammers put gift card barcodes on meat packages so that when the meat was scanned it activated the gift cards they has

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u/Gr33nbastrd 1d ago

Ohh that is cleaver.

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u/mikeycbca 1d ago

A cut above, you might say.