Cuong Nam Ly and Chung Nam Ly are accused of running the ring that targeted Home Depot and Lowes stores in Montgomery, Bucks, Philadelphia, Delaware, Luzerne and Berks counties.
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Investigators say the brothers coordinated the purchase of merchandise online, then returned the product with a new, higher-priced UPC code, pocketing the difference.
According to police, numerous other products were purchased and returned without a high-value battery or charger, or were otherwise altered before being returned. Those batteries and chargers were then sold by the brothers on Facebook Marketplace for cash.
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The scheme allegedly netted the pair more than $200,000.