Two Montreal men arrested for alleged credit card fraud in Winnipeg

WINNIPEG – Police have two Montreal men in custody after a credit card fraud spree in Winnipeg department stores.

Police say the pair rang up $29,000 in bills at three stores on Tuesday and Wednesday using forged credit cards.

“These transactions included the purchase of numerous Ipads, Ipods, pre-paid credit cards and assorted gift cards,” Winnipeg police said in a news release Friday.

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The purchases appeared suspicious to at least one retail outlet, and staff contacted police. Officers found the suspects at Richardson International Airport Wednesday evening and arrested them.

Steevy Berthelot, 18, and Oussama Kansou, 25, both from Montreal, are facing a long list of charges including fraud and unauthorized use of credit card data.

They remained in custody Friday.