A 19-year-old is facing charges after a lengthy fraudulent gift card scheme was revealed.

Morden Police Service reports a local business owner alerted them to an employee who had been stealing gift cards and fraudulently adding credit to the cards. The employee was confronted and subsequently fired.

The police investigation revealed the accused had been stealing for several months and had obtained a total value of fradulent credit exceeding $60,000.

The 19-year-old from the RM of Stanley has been charged with fraudulently obtaining credit and will be appearing in Morden Provincial court this month.