Alleged Best Buy thefts could total $100,000

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Police say they suspect nearly a dozen people might have been involved in an alleged inside-job theft ring at Best Buy in Fargo.

Authorities say an estimated $100,000 in merchandise was taken from the store between September and February. About half of it has been recovered.

A 19-year-old Fargo man who was a security guard at the store faces felony theft charges. Court documents say he allegedly recruited others to help push carts full of electronics out of the store without paying.

Adetimisola Ogundipe also is accused of personally taking video-game systems and computers valued at more than $5,000. His bail is set at $25,000.

A woman who answered the telephone at his attorney's office declined comment on Friday.

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