a convoy of law enforcement Vehicles is about to descend on an unlikely place a mansion in San Diego County complete with its own Vineyard and Chapel police believe it's also the headquarters for a lucrative theft ring that steals items from Ulta Beauty Supply and other retailers and resells them on Amazon as we pull up authorities tell us they have the suspected ring leader in handcuffs her name is Michelle Mack and according to the search warrant She's accused of giving a dozen women across th
e country a list of stores and merchandise to Target these Ulta beauty products then ending up on an Amazon Digital storefront called the online makeup store at deep discounts the next morning a team from Ulta unloads the hall along with CHP officers $387,000 in stolen items I think people feel like it's it's hopeless I want the retailers and the victims of this to know that that's not true for months we got exclusive access to the California Highway Patrol watching up close how it fights organi
zed retail crime retailers specifically pointing to theft as a growing problem in recent years include Target Foot Locker Walgreens and Ulta we're absolutely Fed Up Ulta beauty CEO Dave Kimbell spoke to us in an exclusive interview about the issue what do you think in this case as we're speaking of in California that Amazon could have done to know that these were stolen goods what I would say more more broadly is there is technology available there's uh you know use of advanced analytics and dat
a capabilities to try to understand behaviors that are indicative of reselling stolen goods Amazon declined an on camera interview but a spokesperson said we invest more than1 billion dollars annually and employ thousands of people to fight fraud adding it uses sophisticated detection and prevention Solutions as for Michelle Mack she's pled not guilty to charges of conspiracy grand theft and receipt of stolen property her husband and seven others connected to the ring were also charged and pled
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Ppl complaining about the shoplifters in Inglewood but no comment here when the ringleader living in a mansion is a blonde lady. The media is complicit too…they prefer to blast footage of shoplifters because it draws more clicks
its always okay to steal from the rich.
Online resellers of stolen goods must be held financially responsible for every single stolen item they profit from.
Man, i need to find a supplement ring.
Please be aware that C I A (US Central Intelligence Agency) has been using a terrible weapon (electromagnetic wave weapon) created by the Soviet Union about 70 years ago against the Japan people for more than 60 years, and that C I A (US Central Intelligence Agency) is still using that weapon against the Japan people today. It seems that Japan also tell people in other countries that there is such a fact when they go abroad for study, business trips, sightseeing, etc. ( Telling people about this fact in Japan is punishable by the Japan government.) And the people of the world should know that there are Japan people who have been suffering for more than 60 years because of the inhumane arrangement between C.I.A. (Central Intelligence Agency) and the Japan government at the time. The Japan people suffer every day from the horrific weapons used by the CIA. I'm asking for help.
Nothing worse than a thief. Disgusting.