‘Double dipping’ scheme leads to charges for alleged prolific retail thieves

The three men are alleged to have stolen nearly $50,000 of merchandise.

EVERETT, Wash. — Three men who allegedly stole nearly $50,000 of merchandise from Home Depot locations in western Washington have been charged by Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s Organized Retail Crime Unit.

In a release, it announced that Volodymyr Tsuman and Leonid Trotskovets were charged with first-degree organized retail theft, while Volodymyr’s brother Veniamen Tsuman was charged with second-degree organized retail theft.

Prosecutors say the three men used a “double-dipping” scheme where they purchased products for their home improvement business and then went back to those stores with the receipts to steal additional

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