Four people from Los Angeles are charged with multiple felonies relating to the organized theft of more than $300,000 in Lego sets from retailers around Southern California in what officials are calling a well-organized criminal enterprise, USA Today reports.
The California Highway Patrol charged 44-year-old Jeremy Johnson of Orange, 39-year-old Marta Hardt of Huntington Beach, 47-year-old Chung-Pei Yu of Studio City, and 35-year-old Shen Li of Brea with organized retail theft, grand theft and conspiracy to commit a crime.
Police say two of the suspects would steal expensive Lego sets, some costing up to $800, which their partners would fence to associates who would then sell them to unsuspecting buyers online or at swap meets for hobbyists.