Six people were arrested following a large retail theft and fraud ring bust in Santa Clara County, the sheriff’s office said Thursday.

The sheriff’s office reports 23-year-old Thanh Vo of San Jose, 37-year-old Corey Guting of Milpitas, 45-year-old Erik Nguyen of San Jose, 37-year-old Ye Zhang of Monterey Park, 25-year-old De Lu, and 32-year-old Yan Wong of Campbell were arrested on suspicion of organized retail theft, financial elder abuse, theft by false pretenses, possession of stolen property and conspiracy.

According to sheriff’s officials, the “organized retail theft and fraud enterprise” was responsible for trafficking in millions of dollars’ worth of stolen goods and exploiting older victims across the country to do it.

The investigation began in June, when detectives started tra

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