Victoria’s Secret shoplifter stole $53000 worth of lingerie
October 6, 2014 by admin
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A US woman who stole $53,000 worth of lingerie from Victoria’s Secret shops has handed herself in after police launched a manhunt.
Nathilia Hooks, 39, is alleged to have targeted stores with her massive scam for more than a year across Miami, Palm Beach and Orlando.
The shoplifter reportedly used screwdrivers to remove anti-theft sensors from clothing and would then return items for refunds on her debit card.
But her shady dealings were spotted when loss prevention fraud investigators at Victoria’s Secret found multiple returns to her debit card and raised the alarm.
Hooks eventually handed herself in after police issued a warrant for her arrest.
She has been charged with retail theft, grand theft, organised fraud and money laundering, and was remanded in custody pending her court case.
During her initial court hearing, Hooks did not speak but the prosecutor told the judge she pulled her fraudulent return scam at least 255 times over 18 months at 37 stores.
“We have a strong case against her and we have surveillance tape of her from some 30 stores,” Shireen Brueggeman, assistant statewide prosecutor, told CBS Miami.
