PORTLAND, Ore. — Authorities busted a web of Portland-area stores that bought stolen goods and resold them at a fraction of the price, the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday. Five people have been charged in connection with the scheme so far.
The bust focused on Card Rhino, aka Next Level Cards, a secondhand store located on Northeast Halsey Street near 122nd Avenue. The DA’s office alleges that they knowingly bought stolen merchandise “from some of Portland’s most prolific boosters,” what’s known as a fencing operation.
“The boosters stole new-in-the-box items from retailers and then either took the items directly to Card Rhino or used a fraudulent exchange of stolen items for gift cards at the retailers, which are then sold to Card Rhino,” the DA’s office said…