Marty Christopher McDaniel, 44, of Conover, entered a guilty plea in federal court after being accused of selling stolen goods from big box retailers across state lines.
According to allegations in the indictment, from 2020 to 2024, Marty McDaniel and Kenny Price conspired with each other and others to sell and transport stolen retail products through The Gold King, a business owned by McDaniel.
The indictment alleges that the defendants purchased retail products from boosters, knowing that the products were stolen. A “booster” is a person who steals goods and merchandise from retail stores and sells them to a “fence.” McDaniel and Price operated as fences, paying the boosters a fraction of the retail value for the stolen goods…