My question involves criminal law for the state of: NY
Hello all.
A couple days ago, my friend [20 F] shoplifted at a major retail store (think Target, Walmart, etc.) and basically found an item that she wanted (60$). She ripped the barcode off another product ($15) and self scanned the 15 dollar barcode by holding it over the barcode of the $60 dollar item. She paid with her debit card, had no issues and walked out to the parking lot and drove home.
She is now terrified that a store employee will see the ripped off barcode on the product that she ripped off and somehow trace it back to their database and see that the item was actually purchased. Then they could reverse track it to the date/time when it was purchased and pull up footage on the CC.
I told her this is really unlikely since the barcodes for the same item are the same and there is no way to track back the item without actually having the barcode. Also, it is highly unlikely that a worker will assume that and will rather think that someone just defaced the item.
What are your thoughts? Should she be concerned? I'm not looking for any negative comments about her morals and stupid judgement since I've already reprimanded her enough and she has since then agreed to never partake in such heinous activity.
Thank you for your time.
Rafaelo
Hello all.
A couple days ago, my friend [20 F] shoplifted at a major retail store (think Target, Walmart, etc.) and basically found an item that she wanted (60$). She ripped the barcode off another product ($15) and self scanned the 15 dollar barcode by holding it over the barcode of the $60 dollar item. She paid with her debit card, had no issues and walked out to the parking lot and drove home.
She is now terrified that a store employee will see the ripped off barcode on the product that she ripped off and somehow trace it back to their database and see that the item was actually purchased. Then they could reverse track it to the date/time when it was purchased and pull up footage on the CC.
I told her this is really unlikely since the barcodes for the same item are the same and there is no way to track back the item without actually having the barcode. Also, it is highly unlikely that a worker will assume that and will rather think that someone just defaced the item.
What are your thoughts? Should she be concerned? I'm not looking for any negative comments about her morals and stupid judgement since I've already reprimanded her enough and she has since then agreed to never partake in such heinous activity.
Thank you for your time.
Rafaelo
Retail Fraud / Shoplifting: [Ny] Shoplifted (Very Complicated)
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