A Georgia woman is facing 76 years in jail after pleading no contest in Lee County to ripping off TJX Cos. in a sophisticated shoplifting scheme authorities say took advantage of loopholes in the retailer’s point of sales systems.
Santina Green, 52, is set to be sentenced Aug. 3 after changing her plea to no contest amid her trial late last month.
According to a statement from Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier’s office, Green (who also goes by Santina Hill) was charged with racketeering, conspiracy to commit racketeering and fraud. The change of heart on the plea, the statement says, came after prosecutors presented witnesses at the trial from Virginia, England, Massachusetts, as well as Pasco, Sarasota and Miami-Dade counties…