Texas woman sentenced after selling stolen goods on eBay for 19 years

A Texas woman has been ordered to serve 54 months in federal prison and must pay $3.8 million in restitution after she sold stolen goods to unknowing buyers for 19 years.

Officials said 63-year-old Kim Richardson, of Dallas, “participated in a conspiracy” between Aug. 2000 and April 2019.

During that time, she traveled the U.S., stealing items from numerous stores.

She used “shoplifting tools” to disable security devices and would put the items in a large black bag, according to authorities. Then, she sold them on eBay.

Richardson sent the items via the U.S. mail, Federal Express and United Parcel Service.

In total, shoppers paid Richardson approximately $3.8 million for the items and paid through different PayPal accounts she had set up.

Officials said it would be “virtually impossible” to identify all the people Richardson had sold goods to.

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