Reward Points Rip-Off: Man Arrested with $25K in Stolen Items
Press Release:
Inam Rasool, 38, attempted to leave a Sam’s Club without paying form thousands of dollars of merchandise.
In February 2025, Rasool entered a local Sam’s Club and attempted to exit without paying for over $1000 worth of merchandise, which was mixed in with paid merchandise.
Rasool was stopped by the store’s receipt checker, who discovered the attempted theft, but he was allowed to pay for the un-scanned items.
They began reviewing Rasool’s future visits and transactions and found that he was using other customers’ personal account information to make purchases, using those customers’ “reward” money they’d earned.
Detectives from the Sacramento Sheriff’s Department Property Crimes Bureau and Organized Retail Crime Unit learned that after fraudulently obtaining merchandise from the store using the rewards, Rasool began selling the merchandise on an online marketplace.
On May 14, Detectives executed a search warrant on Rasool’s residence, where they discovered hundreds of items valued at over $25,000, all fraudulently obtained from Sam’s Club, inside his garage.
The merchandise included snack food items, over-the-counter medications, nutritional supplements, hygiene products, pet food, and electronics.
Rasool also had a computer, label printer, and packaging materials set up to ship out items he sold.
Rasool was booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail on charges of Grand Theft with a bail of $250,000.
Detectives believe Rasool has likely fraudulently obtained merchandise from other businesses that may not have yet been reported.
Businesses that suspect Rasool has committed similar fraud or theft at their site are urged to contact the Sheriff’s Property Crimes Bureau at 916-875-5388
Originally posted by the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office.
