Two people from Southern California allegedly running a scam involving tampered retail gift cards were arrested in Santa Clara County last weekend, police said Wednesday.
Campbell police said in a community alert that officers responded on August 17 to a report of a man placing tampered gift cards on a store stand for customers to purchase. The man was identified as 45-year-old Jian Chen of Rosemead, Los Angeles County.A woman waited in the car as Chen exchanged the altered gift cards, police said. She was identified as Bifen Xie, 32, of Riverside , Riverside County.
Chen and Xie were arrested and booked at Santa Clara County Jail in San Jose on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses and conspiracy. Police said that during the investigation, Chen also matched a suspect description for the same crime in the City of Santa Clara.In May, a regional retail theft task force arrested two suspected Chinese nationals in Ventura County for allegedly carrying out a similar gift card scam.
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