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They found nearly 7000 gift cards. We found at least two dozen other recent cases where cops have arrested people with a huge number of gift cards, believed to be compromised from 800 cards seized in Ventura County just a week ago to a whopping 6900 gift card haul in South Carolina in march. In all, weve found more than 30 arrests plus more than 45,000 cards collectively confiscated in at least 12 cities and states, including plano, texas. Its not just a plano situation. It is a worldwide situation. Just like us, detectives are connecting a growing number of dots. Our phones blew up. We were getting calls from all over the united states, sacramento detective andy carter says. And we have confirmed that a federal investigation is now underway under the name operation red hook. Homeland security is working with local Law Enforcement to connect gift card cases. Carter says this unusual theft that first appeared on our radar with ningning sun in sacramento could total billions. Theres no o

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