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https://www.marketwatch.com/story/a...fter-12-million-fraud-2018-06-08?link=sfmw_tw
Between 2014 and 2017, the group repeatedly took advantage of Amazon’s customer service policy, claiming that items were damaged when they received them, and then requested free replacements. All told, the group stole more than $1.2 million in consumer electronics items.
Erin and Leah Finan, both 38 years old, were sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison—71 months and 68 months, respectively—after the duo pleaded guilty to federal mail fraud and money laundering.The three were also ordered to pay full restitution.
“Consumer fraud not only unjustly enriches the perpetrator, it causes all of us to pay higher retail prices,” said United States Attorney Josh Minkler in a statement. “To those who seek to exploit the convenience of online shopping through fraud, remember this case.”
The Finans created “hundreds” of false identities to elude the company, placing “thousands” of orders and picking up the items from shipping locations across the state. Glumac bought more than 2,000 items from the Finans at marked up prices and sold them to a New York buyer, who then inflated the prices even higher to sell them to the public.
Between 2014 and 2017, the group repeatedly took advantage of Amazon’s customer service policy, claiming that items were damaged when they received them, and then requested free replacements. All told, the group stole more than $1.2 million in consumer electronics items.
Erin and Leah Finan, both 38 years old, were sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison—71 months and 68 months, respectively—after the duo pleaded guilty to federal mail fraud and money laundering.The three were also ordered to pay full restitution.
“Consumer fraud not only unjustly enriches the perpetrator, it causes all of us to pay higher retail prices,” said United States Attorney Josh Minkler in a statement. “To those who seek to exploit the convenience of online shopping through fraud, remember this case.”
The Finans created “hundreds” of false identities to elude the company, placing “thousands” of orders and picking up the items from shipping locations across the state. Glumac bought more than 2,000 items from the Finans at marked up prices and sold them to a New York buyer, who then inflated the prices even higher to sell them to the public.
