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Massive Home Depot theft ring busted: "This wasn't shoplifting"

Rob Beschizza
Aug 26, 2025
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How many Home Depot skeletons were lost?

Police call it the largest organized retail theft ring in history… at Home Depot. Linking 600 thefts at 71 different stores of goods worth $10m, 14 people face charges after the bust, planned for months in Southern California. At the center of the alleged ring is David Ahl, a wholesaler in Tarzana, who faces 48 co…

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