Listen to this articleA Greece pawn shop owner is going to prison for his role in a retail theft ring.
Dominic Sprague, 42, was convicted of conspiracy to transport stolen goods in interstate commerce.
He was sentenced to 60 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s office, between December 2021 and Oct. 17, 2024, Sprague, who owned New York Gold Diamond Pawn Shop, engaged in a conspiracy with Amanda Reeves, Shabon Banks, Chad Lewis Jr., and pawn shop manager James Civiletti, to buy and sell stolen goods.
Reeves, Banks, and Lewis stole new items from stores and sold the items to the pawn shop, which was managed by Civiletti.
The pawn shop resold the merchandise on eBay at much higher prices.
The New York Gold Diamond Pawn Shop purchased 37,936 stolen items from Reeves, Banks, and Lewis for $290,000, which was about 25% of the actual retail value of the stolen items.
The actual loss to the retailers was about $1.2 million, prosecutors said.
Banks, Reeves, Lewis, and Civiletti were previously convicted.