FBI Uncovers Major Theft Ring<br />Involving Amazon Drivers.<br />According to unsealed federal court<br />documents, the FBI recently busted a<br />massive theft ring in Washington.<br />Posing as pawn shops, the theft ring had<br />reportedly sold at least $10 million worth<br />of stolen goods on Amazon since 2013.<br />The “pawn shops” allegedly bought items from<br />shoplifters, among which were two drivers contracted<br />by Amazon to transport returns and shipments.<br />.<br />One of the drivers, Abbas Zghair, was<br />charged with murder in March and is<br />currently being held on $2.5 million bail. .<br />No charges have been filed as of now, but<br />investigators have raided both the pawn shops<br />and the home of the operation’s ringleader.<br />The FBI is currently waiting to receive<br />records from Amazon to determine the<br />full extent of the theft ring’s operations.<br />According to Jon Riley, previous head of e-commerce<br />user experience at Amazon, preventing the sale of<br />stolen goods is one of Amazon’s biggest problems. .<br />It's a little bit of an arms race for Amazon to be<br />able to take in product, put it on the web and get<br />it to their customers in a speedy fashion and not<br />unwittingly sell stolen stuff at the same time, Jon Riley, via ‘Fox 5’.
