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ORC nic "myotherjob" eBay seller gets 1 year and one day in
federal prison The professional shoplifter
and "prolific booster" who hit Safeway over 105 times
throughout Oregon and Safeway last year goes to federal
prison. Just between January 2011 and July 2011, he pocketed
$43,200, which represented a retail loss of at least
$73,700, according to a court document. He's accused of
pocketing merchandise from stores up and down the I-5
corridor, from Kelso and Longview, Wash., to Corvallis and
Springfield, and averaged $10,000 a month in online sales of
the stolen goods. The sentencing is the culmination of a
seven-month joint investigation by the FBI, retail
investigators for Safeway and Target, and Woodburn police.
The federal case reveals the extensive problem retailers
have combating large-scale theft, with professional thieves
moving from state to state and striking multiple retailers.
The annual loss to retailers nationwide is estimated at $30
billion. U.S. District Judge Michael Mosman ordered
Weismiller to turn himself into authorities by April 26.
He'll face three years of supervised release after
completing his prison sentence, and must pay $20,961.97 in
restitution. (Source
oregonlive.com)
One member of the "Park Criminal Enterprise" headquartered
in Bergen County, N.J., that obtained, brokered, and sold
identity documents to customers for the purpose of
committing credit card fraud, bank fraud, and tax fraud was
sentenced to 41 months in prison yesterday.
Ko was arrested on September 16, 2010, in a coordinated law
enforcement takedown of 53 individuals in connection with
widespread, sophisticated identity theft and fraud,
including 43 other individuals charged along with Ko with
participating in one large-scale criminal enterprise. Ko
admitted that in or around February 2010, she and her
co-conspirators fraudulently obtained credit cards from
Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, Saks Fifth Avenue, Nordstrom,
Citibank, Chase, Bank of America, and HSBC, among others. Ko
and her co-conspirators used these fraudulently obtained
credit cards to obtain hundreds of thousands of dollars in
cash and merchandise. (Source
fbi.gov)
ORC? - Two Maryland men were arrested Saturday after fleeing
a Kohl’s store in Exton carrying two Dyson vacuum cleaners
valued at $1,200. Police are wondering if
they've hit any of your stores? Steven Lee Cuniff, 40, of
Perryville, Md., and James Joseph Quinn IV, 24, of Port
Deposit, Md., were arrested by West Whiteland, PA., police.
Further investigation revealed the suspects may be
responsible for a similar theft in West Whiteland earlier
this month as well as a theft from a Kohl’s store in Newark,
Del. The men have extensive criminal records, and each
admitted to stealing merchandise to support a heroin habit,
according to police. Investigators say they will be checking
with other law enforcement agencies throughout the region to
determine whether Cuniff and Quinn may be responsible for
thefts elsewhere. (Source
dailylocal.com) |
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