‘Retail theft on a massive scale’: father-daughter duo sentenced in multi-million dollar shoplifting scheme
A father-daughter duo from Atlanta has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for deploying an army of professional shoplifters to steal millions of dollars of merchandise from retailers such as CVS and Target and then selling the goods online.
“This is retail theft on a massive scale,” said Kurt Erskine, the acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia. — Kurt Erskine, acting U.S. attorney Messages left with attorneys for the Whitleys weren’t immediately returned. An e-commerce bonanza From 2011 through 2018, prosecutors say the Whitleys sold 140,000 items through their account on Amazon Marketplace, taking in $3.4 million. On Walmart Marketplace, the pair made 29,000 sales between 2017 and 2019 for $750,000. And on Sears Marketplace, they made 1,800 sales for around $50,000.When investigators shut the Whitleys’ business down in late 2019, they found more than $1 million worth of stolen merchandise in their warehouse.
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