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Shoplifting - California Couple Confesses on Dr. Phil

By Steven Rodriguez

In what sounds like one of David Letterman’s Stupid Human Tricks, a California couple confessed on Dr. Phil that for the last 7 years they had been shoplifting toys and selling them on eBay. The couple, Matthew Eaton, 34, and his 26-year-old wife Laura, told a national TV audience they had made more than $1 million stealing from stores in several states and reselling the stolen merchandize online, a crime known as e-fencing. When the couple confessed on camera, an incredulous Dr. Phil said, “I’m no lawyer or cop, but isn’t that a federal crime?” A San Diego federal grand jury certainly thought so, recently indicting the two. Investigators raiding the couple’s San Marcos home found more than 500 boxes of toys and other items...continue to full post

Full post as published by LA Criminal Defense Blog on September 21, 2009 (boomark / email).