"It's becoming harder for them to easily access the goods they're looking to shop," Straczewski said. Seventy percent of major retailers surveyed by the Loss Prevention Council said organized retail crime is on the rise, and honest shoppers are paying both the literal and metaphorical price. State attorneys general could also take civil action.
While thieves often sell those items online, the Federal Trade Commission is now putting the companies on notice, telling them to kick criminal groups off their sites or pay fines up to nearly $50,000. "A lot of this is very much sophisticated and very suave criminal groups that are able to steal multiple items in large amounts, very quickly." "The amount of theft that's occurring due to the activity of these gangs is just the tip of the iceberg," said Jason Straczewski of the National Retail Federation. The word has to get out, there's a price to pay," he said. "We had to put this change in the law that if you're going to regularly sell on the internet, you have to be prepared to disclose your identity. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Illinois), is meant to combat the sale of stolen goods online.
The new Inform Consumer Act requires online marketplaces like eBay, Facebook Marketplace and Amazon to track high-volume third party sellers to collect and verify their identities and bank account information. Large-scale robberies across Chicago have been captured on video, many of them run by organized retail crime rings. Those items could be swiped by thieves from local brick-and-mortar stores. You may not realize it, but when you get a great deal online for household goods or clothing there is a chance you could be buying stolen merchandise. A new federal law in effect Tuesday helps prevent stolen good from being sold online on sites like Amazon, Facebook Marketplace and eBay.ĬHICAGO (WLS) - A new federal law in effect Tuesday helps prevent stolen goods from being sold online.
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