More than a dozen people including several family members are facing charges in a massive multi-million retail theft ring that was found operating out of the Florida family’s home, authorities said.
The 14 arrests stem from an investigation begun in November 2025 by the Florida Attorney General’s Office Organized Retail Theft Task Force and the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office dubbed “Operation D-Fence,” Attorney General James Uthmeier said in a news release Wednesday.
The task force had become aware of a criminal enterprise being run out of a home in Lutz, near Tampa, belonging to the Rengifo family, Uthmeier said…