Crime & Safety
Target Bandit Sentenced Up to 4 Years in Prison for Theft Ring
A New Jersey man is one of three arrested as part of an organized crime ring focusing on area Target stores.
According to the Daily Times, 36-year-old Damian Alexander Gasdaska, of Phillipsburg, N.J., was sentenced to 15 months to 4 years in prison after pleading guilty to organized retail theft and conspiracy to commit retail theft for his involvement in a sophisticated theft ring targeting area Target stores.
According to authorities, Gasdaska and his cohorts would affix lower-priced UPC labels to higher-priced products to defraud Target stores and then sell the products online for profit. The ring netted upwards of $172,000 in the endeavor.
Read more about the case here.
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