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Re: Lego and the theif
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lugnet.market.shopping
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Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:29:48 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Larry Lesser wrote:
> Just finished reading the internet paper and look what I found. I thought it was
> just an average article about theives, but guess what. Lego is in it.
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> In November, William Swanberg, 40, of Reno, Nev., was arrested and accused of
> stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of Legos from stores throughout
> the country by changing their scannable bar codes. He did particularly well with
> the Star Wars Millennium Falcon Lego sets; officials found 56 of the sets in
> Swanberg’s car at the time of his arrest.
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> “You can take a $100 Lego set and put a $5 PCP code on it," Abney said. "Even if
> it sells for $75, the thief makes good money.”
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> http://www.azcentral.com/ent/pop/articles/1213toyland.html
This is old news from last year. It made the evening news and cnn.
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| Just finished reading the internet paper and look what I found. I thought it was just an average article about theives, but guess what. Lego is in it. In November, William Swanberg, 40, of Reno, Nev., was arrested and accused of stealing hundreds of (...) (18 years ago, 14-Dec-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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