Shoplifters love Lego. The colorful plastic toy bricks are a goldmine for criminals | CNN Business

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Lego’s fanbase, which famously cuts across kids, teenagers and grownup collectors, is seeing some unsavory characters break into the mix, and for all the wrong reasons.

Lego products, especially the pricier sets that range from over $100 to $1,000 or more, are being targeted for theft both by individual shoplifters and larger organized retail crime rings who make a beeline for sets sitting on store shelves because they can fetch a good profit at resale both in legal and illegal channels.

Miguel Zuniga, who operates a Bricks & Minifigs Lego resale franchise

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