Gainesville Police arrested two Florida men Wednesday morning after they said the men had 19 confirmed altered credit cards.
At about 1 a.m., Brandon resident Leonard Obi and Tampa resident Jaywon Thompson, both 24, tried to use several of the cards at the Butler Plaza Wal-Mart, according to a police report.
An employee became suspicious and called police after the cards were declined, according to the report. The men were then found at a neighboring CVS, where they tried to buy $400 in gift cards.
Thompson gave the officers several cards, many of which had stickers with fake security numbers and magnetic strips that did not match the cards’ numbers, according to the report.
Obi hid a wallet in a CVS aisle after he saw Thompson talking with police, according to the report. Authorities soon found the wallet, which held more altered cards.
About two hours earlier, both men traveled in a car with two other people who were arrested for possession of 48 fraudulent credit cards, according to the report.
Police arrested both men on charges for trafficking in counterfeit credit cards and scheming to defraud and obtain property. Obi was also charged for tampering with evidence.
Authorities took them to the Alachua County jail where, as of press time, Thompson remains in lieu of a $60,000 bond, and Obi remains in lieu of an $80,000 bond.
