Organized Retail Crime Investigations
We detect your stolen product the moment it surfaces online, then trace it back to the people behind it.
Organized retail crime is not shoplifting. It is organized, often transnational theft that resells stolen product through online marketplaces. We detect your stolen merchandise the moment it surfaces online, then trace it back to the people behind it: the fences, the warehouses, and the leadership. We can also work it from the theft forward.
Organized retail crime is a supply chain, not a shoplifter
Boosters
Steal to order, often in coordinated crews hitting multiple stores.
Fences
Buy the haul for cash and consolidate it for resale.
Cleaners
Strip tags and repackage so product looks legitimate.
Transport & storage
Move and warehouse goods between the theft and the sale.
Storefronts
Resell to your own customers online at prices you cannot match.
We investigate it from both ends
From the listing back
The moment your stolen product surfaces for resale, we work backward through the storefront, the linked accounts, where goods are stored and shipped, and every hand the product passed through.
From the theft forward
Give us a theft, a crew, or a location and we trace the merchandise forward through the fencing pipeline to where it is sold and who is profiting.
The full network, mapped
Boosters, fences, transporters, financiers, and shell storefronts, charted into one picture built to stand up in court and hand off to law enforcement.
Organized retail crime cases are solved by following the goods
Detect
We see your stolen merchandise the moment it is listed for resale online.
Trace
We follow it back through each layer: storefronts, fences, transport, and money.
Document
Every link is tied to the next, so what comes back is a mapped network with evidence, not a tip.
Hand off
A package built to support prosecution and hand cleanly to law enforcement.
The network named, from crew to fence
Licensed investigators, not a dashboard
Most of this field works in one direction. We work both, and we connect them in the middle, delivered by a licensed Florida private investigator with a record of federal-agency collaboration. That is the difference between a list of suspect listings and a prosecutable case.
Frequently asked questions
How are organized retail crime cases solved?
What is organized retail crime?
How is organized retail crime different from shoplifting?
Can products stolen and resold online be traced back to the seller?
Who hires E3 Legacy Intel for organized retail crime investigations?
Map the entire ORC network
A boosting crew is never one person. Using lawfully-sourced geolocation intelligence and criminal network mapping, we start at the scene of a hit and reconstruct the entire ring, the devices present, where they traveled, the staging sites and fences they use, and the people behind them. It turns a string of isolated thefts into a mapped network with named participants, the picture prosecutors and loss-prevention teams need to dismantle it.
Organized retail crime investigations across Florida, city by city: Orlando, Tampa, Miami, Jacksonville, and Fort Lauderdale. Statewide overview: Florida brand protection investigations.
Your Examiner
Matt Aubin, CDFE, FBCI
Managing Partner, E3 Legacy Intel · FL Licensed Investigator A-1400197
Every matter on this page is worked under a named, licensed examiner. Matt Aubin brings seventeen years in cybercrime and open source intelligence. He is a Certified Digital Forensics Examiner (CDFE), a Florida Board Certified Investigator (FBCI), and a Certified AI Agent Developer, and he has investigated cases jointly with the FBI, the SEC, the U.S. Secret Service, and the U.S. Marshals.
His work has been featured on ABC News, Spectrum News, and The Daily Beast, and in a television pilot for Netflix and MAC Pictures as a cybercrime expert. He keynotes nationally and serves on the Board of Directors of the Florida Association of Licensed Investigators (FALI). About Matt Aubin
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