Police have dismantled a major gift card fraud operation out of Sonoma County targeting CVS drug stores throughout the state, and arrested two suspects from Los Angeles County, authorities said.

On Tuesday, the Santa Rosa Police Department said in a press release that officers arrested two people on Aug. 7 who were responsible for gift card draining scams throughout California, and seized some 25,000 compromised gift cards, in was called one of the largest known seizures of its kind in the state.

The suspects were identified as 29-year-old Yongsheng Zhao of El Monte and 33-year-old Zhipeng Li of Monterey Park, who the department said were linked to an international criminal network that was operating the fraud scheme. The operation involves removing gift cards from retail displays, rec

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