RENTON, Wash. (AP) — A theft ring in Washington state sold millions of dollars’ worth of stolen goods on Amazon in the past six years, and federal court documents show two Amazon delivery drivers were involved.
Court documents show two storefront businesses posing as pawn shops in Renton and Kent bought the goods from shoplifters, then had the items shipped to Amazon warehouses and sold them online.
Entities associated with the alleged ringleader did at least $10 million in sales on Amazon since 2013.
So far, no charges have been filed, but investigators have raided the pawn shops and the home of the man identified as the ringleader, Aleksandr Pavlovskiy, of Auburn.