A suspect who allegedly stole credit card data to conduct thousands of dollars worth of fraudulent transactions is now facing numerous charges.

Surrey RCMP explained that they launched an investigation on June 28, 2017, after a local business reported that they believed their customers’ credit card data had been compromised.

Investigators received information indicating that a number of fraudulent credit card transactions had taken place using stolen data from numerous credit cards, involving multiple victims.

As the investigation continued on, investigators found that these fraudulent transactions in Surrey were connected to similar incidents in Richmond.

Over $458,000 in fraudulent credit card transactions in total had been made in Richmond and Surrey.

On April 1, Surrey RCMP stated that Gagandeep Dhillon, a 31-year-old resident of Surrey, was charged with 28 counts of fraud-related offences on March 26.

“This was a complex file given the volume of transactions and data which had to be investigated,” Surrey RCMP Insp. Beth McAndie stated in a news release. “Dealing with multiple transactions in different jurisdictions, also increased the complexity.”

Anyone who has been the victim of credit card fraud should inform your bank or credit card companies, contact credit bureaus and have fraud alerts placed on your credit reports, notify police and record your police file number, report to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre online or 1-888-495-8501.