Best Buy employee arrested in $40,000 theft scheme says he was blackmailed, reports show

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) – Police have arrested a Best Buy employee who allegedly allowed customers to steal more than $40,000 worth of electronics from the Abercorn Street store over a two-week period in December.

Dorian Allen, 20, was taken into custody December 26 after Best Buy management discovered he had been letting customers leave with merchandise without paying from December 8 through December 22.

According to a Savannah Police Department report, Allen told investigators he was being blackmailed by a “hacker group” who threatened to release nude photos he had posted on Instagram. He claimed the hackers sent him emails with descriptions of people he should allow to steal merchandise…

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