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APNewsbreak: FBI: Amazon drivers part of major theft ring

By GENE JOHNSON
Associated Press
SEATTLE (AP) — A theft ring
in Washington state sold
millions of dollars' worth of
stolen goods on Amazon.
com in the past six years,
and a pair of Amazon de-
livery drivers was involved,
recently unsealed federal
court documents show.
According to a search war-
rant affidavit unsealed in
U.S. District Court in Seattle
and reviewed by The Asso-
ciated Press, two storefront
businesses posing as pawn
shops bought the goods
from shoplifters, then had
the items shipped to Ama-
zon warehouses, where
they were stored until sold
online.
Entities associated with
the alleged ringleader did
at least $10 million in sales
on Amazon since 2013, FBI
agent Ariana Kroshinsky
wrote in her affidavit.
No charges have yet been
filed, though investiga- In this Wednesday, July 31, 2019, photo a pawn shop alleged to have been a front for a theft ring stands closed in Renton, Wash.
tors have raided the pawn Associated Press
shops and the home of
the man identified as the self as Alex and told The As- Among those who provid- tional Airport, pick up items for shipping. Instead, they
ringleader, Aleksandr Pav- sociated Press his business ed stolen items to the pawn being returned to the com- routinely stole the goods
lovskiy, 44, of Auburn. A was legitimate, that he shops were two contract pany and then bring them and sold them to the pawn
man who answered the kept good records and he Amazon drivers, Kroshinsky to an Amazon warehouse shops, she wrote.
door at one of the shops should not be in any trou- said. Their job was to travel south of Seattle, and to de-
Wednesday identified him- ble. to Seattle-Tacoma Interna- liver items to post offices Continued on Next Page