Law enforcement found more than $300,000 worth of stolen goods at the her $2.75 million mansion near San Diego – a fraction of the estimated $8 million stolen since 2012.
The mastermind of an organized retail theft ring — dubbed “ California Girls” — that targeted high-end makeup firms Ulta Beauty and Sephora was sentenced to more than five years in prison and fined $3 million, according to court documents., 53, a married mother of three young girls, was arrested with her husband Kenneth, 60, last December in their 4,500 square-foot, $2.
Her husband got the same sentence but will serve one year behind bars and the rest on probation so he could care for their children.Michelle Mack will go to prison after his release. She has been ordered not to go near an Ulta or Sephora store.Investigators referred to the ring as the “California girls” as they hit hundreds of stores across the state – and 10 others – and resold the goods on Amazon via their “Online Makeup Store.
Ulta Beauty CEO Dave Kimbell told CNBC earlier this year that the “financial impact is real” from organized retail theft. The couple’s brazen operation included a “mini store” of beauty products, sunglasses and designer bags inside their garage where they packaged goods and shipped them off to customers.In March, the California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed 140 felony charges against Michelle Mack and her husband, including conspiracy to commit organized retail theft, grand theft and receipt of stolen property.“This is a multimillion-dollar criminal scheme. It was complex.
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