Washington – Federal prosecutors say Robert Dooley had an unusual way of persuading Home Depot clerks that he could be trusted when returning stolen merchandise for store credit cards: He flashed his Internal Revenue Service identification badge.
Over the course of three years, Dooley allegedly stole more than $330,000 from the home improvement chain by returning stolen goods for the credit cards, then selling the cards at a discount, court documents said. He was charged Thursday with 12 counts of wire fraud in connection with the scam.
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Dooley has been serving a state sentence in connection with the Home Depot thefts since October 2005. [AP]
