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June 24, 2025
LANSING – Yesterday, Sean Allos, 54, of West Bloomfield, was arraigned before the Honorable Christopher Blount in the 3rd Circuit Court in Wayne County on one count of Conducting a Criminal Enterprise, a 20-year felony, and eight counts of Receiving & Concealing Stolen Property over $1,000, a 5-year felony, announced Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. Allos is accused of being involved in a theft and resale ring targeting Sam’s Club stores across metro Detroit.
In January of 2023, the FORCE team launched an investigation into an alleged food stamp fraud operation, which involved illegally obtaining electronic benefit transfer (EBT) card data from 8,000 cardholders mostly residing outside the State of Michigan and primarily in the State of California. The operation allegedly reproduced EBT cards here in Michigan with this data, then used the cards for fraudulent purchases of energy drinks from metro Detroit Sam’s Club stores.
It is alleged Allos purchased the energy drinks below market value with the intent to resell them. The purported ring is responsible for fraudulently purchasing and reselling thousands of dollars worth of energy drinks.
“Organized retail crime remains a growing threat to our communities and local businesses,” Nessel said. “Our FORCE Team continues to work with law enforcement and retail partners to investigate and prosecute these coordinated schemes. My office remains committed to dismantling these criminal operations and holding perpetrators accountable.”
Allos was charged by Attorney General Nessel in April and was bound over to stand trial in circuit court in May. Allos will next appear in the 3rd Circuit Court before the Honorable Darnella Williams-Claybourne on June 30.
The FORCE Team and the Organized Retail Crime Unit were established in January 2023 by the Attorney General to target criminal organizations that steal products from retailers to repackage and sell for a profit. Two assistant attorneys general serve the unit full time, working with special agents within the Department of Attorney General and Michigan State Police detectives to investigate and prosecute these crimes. The FORCE team also partners with the FBI’s Detroit Fraud and Financial Crimes Task Force and the Postal Inspection Service. This is a first-in-the-nation unit, unique in the 50 states as being the first such unit with embedded, dedicated staff from the Department of Attorney General.
The FORCE Team is dedicated to working collaboratively with retailers and local law enforcement agencies to combat organized retail crime. FORCE is an acronym that stands for Focused Organized Retail Crime Enforcement. Recent corporate partners on investigations have included Sam’s Club/Walmart, Meijer, Target, Home Depot, TJ Maxx, Rite-Aid, Lululemon, Ulta Beauty, Amazon, and Lowe’s.
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