SEATTLE, Wash. (AP) — A man suspected of leading a theft ring that sold millions of dollars’ worth of stolen goods on Amazon was arrested on an unrelated child pornography charge.
Aleksandr Pavlovski of Auburn was identified in a search warrant as the ringleader of a scheme that used fake pawn shops as well as two contract delivery drivers working for Amazon to buy stolen goods.
The FBI said accounts affiliated with the 44-year-old Pavlovski made sales of at least $10 million on Amazon.
An FBI agent wrote in a complaint unsealed Monday that when investigators searched Pavlovski’s phone they found hundreds of pornographic images of children.
