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Re: Pay us or we’ll call the cops: Many U.S. stores giving shoplifters choice of puni
The store gets a 40 dollar kickback. Furthermore, having the third party receive most of the money doesn't change the legality of the situation at all. Its quite common in most extortion rackets to give most of the cut to the higher ups.
The private entity isn't the ones making the money off the program. A third party is. All the stores are doing is saving the hassle of having to send people to court to testify against you.
The store gets a 40 dollar kickback. Furthermore, having the third party receive most of the money doesn't change the legality of the situation at all. Its quite common in most extortion rackets to give most of the cut to the higher ups.