Man Accused Of Selling 2,000 Stolen Bras On Ebay
Posted on Tuesday, 2 of September , 2008 at 7:51 pm
QUEENS—A Rego Park man has been arraigned on an indictment charging him with criminal possession of stolen property in connection with a scheme in which he is alleged to have sold more than 2,000 stolen Victoria’s Secret bras on the Internet auction site Ebay! over the last two years. An additional 650 stolen Victoria’s Secret bras were recovered in his home.
George Tutaya, 41, of 87-01 Eliot Avenue, in Rego Park, Queens, was arraigned Tuesday on an indictment charging him with one count of third-degree criminal possession of stolen property and 17 counts of fifth-degree criminal possession of stolen property before Queens Supreme Court Justice Kenneth Holder. He faces up to seven years in prison if convicted. Bail was set at $7,500 bond or $3,500 cash. He was ordered to return to court on Nov. 18.
“The defendant is accused of dealing in stolen property in a bid to earn some easy cash”, Queens district attorney Richard A. Brown said. “Schemes like his hurt the economy, starting with the victim of the theft – the owners of Victoria’s Secret. Trafficking in stolen goods on the Internet will no more be tolerated than fencing stolen property would be anywhere else.”
Brown said that, according to the charges, Tutaya used several different Ebay! and Paypal accounts to offer for sale stolen Victoria’s Secret bras which retail for between $40 and $80, but were sold for as little as $25. Records recovered in his Rego Park home allegedly link him to the sale of 2,000 bras worth $80,000 retail. Another 650 stolen Victoria’s Secret bras with a retail value of $26,000 were allegedly recovered in his home. 9-2-08
Category: Business, Consumers, Courts, Crime, Internet, New York State
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