Former second-hand store owner in Bellevue pleads guilty to selling stolen items on Amazon

Former second-hand store owner in Bellevue pleads guilty to selling stolen items on Amazon

Former second-hand store owner in Bellevue pleads guilty to selling stolen items on Amazon

Summary : Former second-hand store owner in Bellevue pleads guilty to selling stolen items on Amazon. A former business owner in Bellevue has pleaded guilty to selling stolen items on Amazon.

The 37-year-old Thac Duc Lee would buy items from walk-in sellers who had often shoplifted those items from local stores.

The sales took place between April 2013 and August 2016 when he operated Last Call Entertainment, a secondhand reseller of electronic goods, health and beauty products, over-the-counter medication, and many other miscellaneous products.

BELLEVUE (KDKA) – A former business owner in Bellevue has pleaded guilty to selling stolen items on Amazon .

The 37-year-old Thac Duc Lee would buy items from walk-in sellers who had often shoplifted those items from local stores .

Lee then would pay the shoplifters pennies on the dollar before reselling the items .

In total, Lee made more than $400,000.

The sales took place between April 2013 and August 2016 when he operated Last Call Entertainment , a secondhand reseller of electronic goods , health and beauty products , over-the-counter medication, and many other miscellaneous products .

Lee pled guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of money laundering .

He has been released on bond and will return to be sentenced.