Authorities bust alleged $12.3 million retail theft ring involving Rhode Island, Massachusetts, California, Connecticut, Illinois

PROVIDENCE, RI – Following the seizure of approximately 60,000 stolen items, primarily over-the-counter pharmaceutical products and cosmetics worth an estimated $1.6 million dollars, two Rhode Island men described in court documents as high-level members of an organized retail theft crime ring that targeted retailers nationwide, and then resold the stolen goods in bulk to other retailers and private citizens, have been arrested and charged in federal court in Providence, RI, announced Zachary A. Cunha, United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island.

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