Ontario men accused of using fake meat barcodes to activate gift cards [Video]

Waterloo regional police say two men from the Toronto area are facing charges in connection to a scam involving meat and gifts cards at local grocery stores.

The scammers allegedly placed fraudulent barcode stickers on top of barcodes for meat at grocery stores in Kitchener, Cambridge and Waterloo.

Police released a video that showed several instances of the men picking up meat and fidgeting with it before returning it to the cooler.

The meat was priced similarly to gift cards that the dupesters had ahold of, so when a shopper picked out some meat and brought it to the counter for checkout, they did not know they were paying to activate the gift cards rather than the meat they had purchased, according to police.

They allegedly operated the scam at stores in the area a number of times between last Halloween and Jan. 29.

Police say the duo were at a store near Erb Street West and Fischer-Hallman Road in …