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Leader of US retail theft ring that allegedly stole $8m in cosmetics caught

Shoppers inside an Ulta Beauty store
Shoppers inside an Ulta Beauty store in New York last year. Photograph: Bing Guan/Bloomberg via Getty Images

From a mansion in a San Diego suburb, Michelle Mack allegedly oversaw a retail theft ring that stole $8m in cosmetics from stores such as Ulta and Sephora, which she then sold on Amazon.

In December, police arrested the 53-year-old along with her husband, Kenneth, taking the pair into custody on their sprawling property, according to footage taken by CNBC and published this week. Their teen daughters watched nearby, the outlet reported.

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