2 men arrested in massive gift card scam targeting Meijer stores

(WXYZ) — Two men have been charged with stealing thousands of altered gift cards from Meijer stores in Michigan.

According to the Michigan Attorney General’s Office, the two Chinese nationals – Guangji Zhang, 46, of Irvine, California, and Huachao Sun, 35, of Los Angeles, were charged with one count of Conducting a Criminal Enterprise and two counts of Possession of a Fraudulent or Altered Transaction Device.

It’s alleged the two conducted a large-scale fraud scheme that involved stealing empty, unsold gift cards from stores and getting their information before returning the gift cards back to be purchased by others…

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