Man arrested for swapping barcodes at Michigan Walmart to pay less at self-checkout
Mark Allen Kornacki (MSP)
CADILLAC, Mich. (FOX 2) - Police caught a northern Michigan man after they say he was swapping barcodes inside a Walmart store so that he didn't have to pay full price for the items.
Mark Allen Kornacki, 56, visited the Cadillac store several times between Sept. 1 and Sept. 10 and switched barcodes before scanning them at self-checkout, Michigan State Police said. This scheme allowed him to get more than $1,700 worth of items for less than $500.
At one point, loss prevention tried to talk to Kornacki, but he did not cooperate with them and left the store, police said.
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After reviewing security video and determining how much Kornacki had stolen with the ticket swapping, a warrant was issued, and he was arrested when he went to visit his probation officer.
Kornacki was arraigned Tuesday on one count of first-degree retail fraud. His bond was set at $1,000.