Using Gift Cards To Buy Drugs: How Return Fraud Is Funding The Opioid Crisis
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 8, 2017
Thieves simply walk into Walmart, Target, Home Depot, Lowe’s or another big-name retailer, steal an item, return it at a different store without a receipt and receive a gift card in return, which they can then turn around and sell to a pawn shop or secondary store for a lower price. Police and retailers are catching on to the issue.
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