GameStop Takes Buying And Selling Stolen Goods Seriously

WHO: GameStop
WHAT:Authorities said today that eight current and former employees of the world’s largest video game retailer have pleaded guilty to theft of property charges for buying video games purported to be stolen.
WHERE: GameStop employees nabbed in undercover sting [Commercial Appeal]
THE QUOTE: “GameStop takes this situation quite seriously,” said Rory Rhoads, GameStop’s Regional Vice President of Stores. “We are pleased to partner with the ALERT Unit and have taken very deliberate steps to improve our operations. Specifically, we have suspended our cash-for-trade transactions in Shelby County and DeSoto County, Mississippi until February 2009.”

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