It’s not every day that an Amazon shopping spree morphs into a criminal saga worthy of a movie plot, but in Roseville, California, detectives have unraveled just such a tale. The Roseville Police Department proudly took to social media to announce the arrest of a local suspect at the center of a sprawling package theft and fraud operation that has reached across the nation, according to a Facebook post by the department yesterday.
In a sting that illustrated the depth and complexity of modern fraud, Roseville detectives executed multiple search warrants and uncovered in excess of $300,000 in goods fraudulently obtained by the suspect—a haul impressive not only for its value but for its testament to the boldness of the culprit, who managed operations large enough to make a blip on the nation’s law enforcement radar. Adding to the staggering figure is the fact that, within the past year, over $7 million in purchases had passed through the suspect’s hands, turning a nightmarish profit from the impersonal consumerist churn of Amazon orders…