NY AG Takes Down 41-Member NYC Shoplifting Ring

Gothamist reports:

An organized ring of shoplifters stole more than $3.7 million worth of retail goods — ranging from luxury clothing and handbags to cosmetics and coffee pods — and then resold them on eBay, according to New York Attorney General Letitia James.

“These individuals stole millions of dollars of luxury goods and massive amounts of over-the-counter-medications and products from drugstores that we all frequent,” James said on Thursday at a press conference in Manhattan.

Altogether, 41 individuals were charged with various counts of enterprise corruption, money laundering, criminal possession of stolen property, and a scheme to defraud, and conspiracy.

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