As San Francisco faces a spike in retail theft, the ABC7 News' I-Team is looking into just how pervasive the crime rings operate on our streets and online.
San Francisco's District Attorney Jenkins spoke exclusively to ABC7 News, laying out her main priorities as the city's new top prosecutorState Sen. Nancy Skinner introduced a bill that puts more responsibility on online retailers while tightening requirements for sellers.
"So the marketplace has to get information like their business license, the receipt of goods, those kinds of things to prove they are the owners of these goods in a legitimate way and they haven't been stolen," Skinner said.Investigators say these organized crime rings operate on everyday sites we all use like eBay, Amazon, Craigslist, and Facebook Marketplace.
"Is it a seller who is brand new, they've never sold anything before, especially if it's an expensive purse, an expensive watch, something like that," said ABC7's 7 On Your Side's Michael Finney."Or if it's bulk, if it's brand new, bulk, a whole case of aspirin, you have to ask yourself, where did they come up with a case of aspirin?""If the items are too good to be true that should concern you," Finney added.
If you buy an item that's stolen, you could also be subject to legal prosecution. While that's unlikely, especially if you bought the stolen item unknowingly, keep in mind, that legally it is not yours.
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