Calgary police are looking for four men who they allege used fake gift cards and other “counterfeit payment cards” to make fraudulent purchases.
“In many cases, offenders would try multiple different payment cards that were declined before being successful in purchasing an item with a fraudulent card,” police said in a media release on Thursday.
The Calgary Police Service (CPS) said its officers worked closely with retail stores and payment card providers and that a total of 19 charges have been laid against the four suspects.
Dmitri Barbu, 36, faces 13 counts of unlawfully using credit card data. He’s described as 5’10” tall and 180 pounds, with brown eyes, brown hair and a beard.
Kirill Bardine, 31, faces two counts of unlawfully using credit card data and one count of possession of property obtained by crime. Police said he is 5’9” tall and 180 pounds, with blond hair and hazel eyes.
Andrei Anatolyevich Bykovets, 35, faces two counts of unlawfully using credit card data. He is said to be 5’9” tall and 175 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes.
Ilya Olegovych Zianchurin, 27, is charged with one count of unlawfully using credit card data and is described as 5’9” tall and 150 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.
Police said the charges were laid as part of an ongoing credit card fraud investigation.
Anyone with information about the whereabouts of the suspects is asked to call the CPS non-emergency line at (403) 266-1234 or contact Crime Stoppers.
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