BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – A Birmingham man has been charged by a federal grand jury with possessing counterfeit gift cards.
The one-count indictment charges Xiebin Xue, 40, with possession of fifteen or more counterfeit or unauthorized access devices.
According to the indictment, on Jan. 10, 2024, Xue was found in possession of at least 33 gift cards that had been re-encoded with card numbers different from the card numbers printed on the cards. At least two gift cards that bore fake bar code labels did not match the printed and encoded numbers on the cards…