Overview
- Deputies served five search warrants on Oct. 21 at homes, storage units and a warehouse in San Jose and Campbell during the takedown.
- More than a dozen box-truck loads of Home Depot merchandise valued at over $1 million were seized, along with nearly 100 totes of wine returned to Target.
- Authorities say the enterprise trafficked in millions of dollars in stolen goods from major retailers and moved the inventory through online resale channels.
- Detectives report a nationwide gift-card scam coerced hundreds of mostly older victims, driving purchases exceeding $10,000 per day at Bay Area stores for months.
- Thanh Vo, Corey Guting, Erik Nguyen, Ye Zhang, De Lu and Yan Wong were booked into the county jail on counts including organized retail theft, financial elder abuse, theft by false pretenses, possession of stolen property and conspiracy.