Gwinnett County indictment accuses shoplifting crew of selling $3.6M of goods on eBay

LAWRENCEVILLE – A crew of men and women face racketeering charges for accusations that they stole high-value items from more than a dozen retailers across the Metro Atlanta area and sold the merchandise for more than $3.6 million through an eBay store, the Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office announced on  Oct. 2. 

A dozen people were named in the indictment that charges two counts of violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. The first count is conspiracy to participate in an enterprise through a pattern of racketeering activity. The second count is acquiring property through a pattern of racketeering activity. 

The individuals named in the indictment include:

 Supachok Sae-Ly, 45

 Kannika Sae-Ly, 48

 Hugo Teng, 52

 Taurus Lamont Brown, 48

 Shafia Herd-Davis, 43

Austin Green, 30

 Deshawn Shaquille Hamilton, 28

Matthew Mitchell, III, 53

John Casey Rooks, 39

Ramond Louis Rodriguez, 59

Hannah Storme Taylor, 30

 James Cecil Watkins, 67

“These types of crimes, especially at a sum of over $3 million, have an impact on the average consumer because they cause the affected retailers to raise their prices,” Gwinnett District Attorney Patsy Austin-Gatson said. “We’re bringing these racketeering charges to ensure that these individuals don’t get away with these crimes.”

A two-year investigation determined that from March 2020 to March 2024, more than 21,000 transactions were made on the eBay account Super Super Deals LLC, which belonged to Kannika Sae-Ly. All of the items sold through the online store were stolen.

Investigators determined that Teng and Supachok Sae-Ly, Kannika Sae-Ly’s husband, conspired with nine boosters to steal items from retailers in Gwinnett County, including Home Depot, Target, Kohls, and TJ Maxx, and outlets across the metro area including Target and Macy’s. 

Rodriguez, Taylor, Watkins, Rooks, Mitchell, Brown, Herd-Davis, Green, and Hamilton would go into stores, either alone, or with a lookout, and fill shopping carts with high-priced items. Then, they would attempt to leave without paying. 

If they were stopped by store security while trying to leave, they would abandon the stolen items and flee the scene. If they were able to successfully exit the stores with the stolen items, they would load them into cars and meet up with Teng and Supachok Sae-Ly at a pre-determined location. Teng and Supachok Sae-Ly would use their phones to determine the price for the items to be sold on eBay, then pay the boosters 50 percent of the anticipated profit for each item.

Several members of the crew have been arrested and charged with various crimes at differing times during the four-year period that the indictments cover, the Gwinnett District Attorney’s Office said.