Faking Gift Cards Is Easy, Says Weezie –Cagle

Step one: Purchase an HP Indigo 7000 or an MGI JETcard press. Step two: Buy some gift cards as templates. Step three: Make your own ersatz gift cards and spend them all over town...just not where you live. Gotta be smart about it.

Well, SOMEONE thought this was a good idea, as police in Augusta, GA, are on the lookout for a criminal who made off with thousands of dollars in jewelry from a mall in that city—ill-gotten booty procured not with a gun or knife, but courtesy of phony Visa gift cards. The WJBF ABC affiliate reported that police are on the hunt for a known suspect, whose name we won't use since he has not been charged with a crime (or captured) as of press time.