Michelle Mack, ringleader of a nationwide organized retail crime ring that targeted ULTA Beauty, Sephora, and other retailers, has received a sentence of five years and five months in a California state prison. Her husband Kenneth received the same sentence, but as a part of his plea deal he will be released after one year and then enter probation for the rest of his sentence.
Together Michelle and Kenneth must pay around $3 million to ULTA and $13,000 to Sephora, and Michelle was ordered not to leave the state or go near any ULTA or Sephora stores before her sentence starts in January.
The massive ORC operation had been run out of the Macks’ home near San Diego. Michelle oversaw a network of over a dozen people who stole millions of dollars in merchandise from retailers. She then sold the stolen items on Amazon at a discount. Since starting the operation in 2012, Mack sold nearly $8 million in cosmetics through the online storefront, bringing in $1.89 million in 2022 alone.
The Macks pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit a felony and organized retail theft, petty theft, and receiving stolen property last month. The couple, along with seven members of the ORC crew, were originally charged with 140 felonies. One of the seven defendants received a sentence of three years and four months, and the cases for the other defendants are still pending.