Dive Summary:
- Pennsylvania police have arrested 22 additional suspects in a retail theft ring which was being operated out of a West York Business, according to West York Borough Police.
- The total number of suspects charged in the theft ring has now climbed to 133. The total number of thefts reported is over 2,500 and involves 92 retailers.
- On November 12, 2012, police executed a search warrant which seized over 700 giftcards, $12,000 cash and hundreds of stolen items.
From the article:
In addition to the gift-card theft operation, Giuffrida also instructed the people working for him to steal small, expensive items from stores, such as car headlights, printer ink cartridges, razor blades, dental whitening strips, batteries and designer glasses. Giuffrida sold these items on several websites, police said. In regards to the new arrests, many of those people committed additional crimes while they were released on bail from their original criminal charges related to the West York Borough Police Department's investigation, police said.
