Gift Card Guide

DAYTON — A company that sold gift certificates to businesses and individuals across the United States has closed, leaving thousands to wonder whether unredeemed certificates for restaurants and stores are worthless. CertifiChecks Inc., a Dayton Read more

A Hicksville man’s offer to get his friends gift cards worth twice what they paid for them must have seemed to good to be true. In the end, Nassau prosecutors said, it was. Monday, Craig Ginsberg, 48, was arrested in a scheme that cost his friends Read more

LAKEHURST — A man who police said stole a gift card from his neighbor’s mailbox has been arrested and charged with theft. Joseph Mistretta, 42, of Pine Street was taken into custody by Sgt. Ronald Heinzman and Patrolman Michael Rodriguez at about 6 Read more

iTunes gift cards worth $200 are now sold on a Chinese Website for merely $3. But that’s not a crazy sales promotion from Apple — it’s actually a group of Chinese hackers who broke Apple’s gift certificate algorithm and are now using a key generator Read more

LONG ISLAND (WABC) — A man is under arrest on Long Island, charged with operating a ponzi scheme involving gift cards. He’s accused of scamming $4-million from his victims– some of them were his own relatives. Prosecutors say Craig Ginsberg of Read more

DAYTON, Ohio — Ohio’s attorney general is suing a Dayton-based gift certificate company that recently closed. Richard Cordray filed a lawsuit Monday against Certifichecks. The company, which sold gift cards for area business and restaurants Read more