HARRISBURG – Two men are charged with stealing nearly $100,000 from Lowe’s stores across eastern Pennsylvania stores through a customer account takeover scheme, according to the Pa. Attorney General’s office.
Jose Gomez and Ysaias Arajuo were charged Thursday with felony counts of corrupt organizations, organized retail theft, theft by unlawful taking, along with other related offenses, according to officials. Gomez is in custody; a warrant was issued for Arajuo’s arrest.
The Attorney General’s office says that the men were involved in at least 56 retail thefts at 18 Lowe’s stores in Bucks, Lehigh, Luzerne, Northampton, Monroe, Montgomery, Philadelphia and Pike counties. They used self checkout kiosks to pay for purchases — using information stolen from Lowe’s customer accounts…