He bought an island for $ 8 million and then tried to steal eight LED lamps from a supermarket – 04/12/2019

On April 3, the Thompson Islandoff Florida for $ 8 million. But the following week, he was arrested for stealing from a supermarket. That's the story of billionaire Andrew Francis Lippi, 59, who tells the newspaper Miami Herald.

Thus, Lippi was arrested for stealing goods worth about $ 300, but by a curious method: according to the police, this man would have bought several items in the supermarket. Kmart of Key West and he would have returned them the next day, but with a trap. He would have brought old objects into the boxes he had brought in and kept the new ones.

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Among the items he bought were several coffee pots that he would have traded for older machines and even a basketball, eight LED lights and a bedspread that he would have replaced with a new one. pillowcase.

Lippi, however, told the police that he had not changed any objects, but the images captured by security cameras showed the opposite. Between March 30 and April 5, the man returned the original boxes, but with similar old products.

A week before these incidents, he had bought an island from a philanthropist. It is the only private island with direct access to Key West, Florida. This luxurious resort includes four bedrooms, six bathrooms, a four car garage and a caregiver home. In addition, of course, breathtaking views of the Atlantic Ocean.