California Ulta queenpin Michelle Mack finds out her fate as she receives jail sentence after leading $8million make-up theft ring READ MORE: Michelle Mack created crime ring after defaulting on a $200k loan By Stacy Liberatore For Dailymail.com Published: 22:11 BST, 21 July 2024 | Updated: 22:11 BST, 21 July 2024 e-mail View comments The California 'queenpin' accused of masterminding a nationwide $8 million make-up 'smash-and-grab' will face more than five years in federal prison. Michelle Mack, 53, received a delayed sentencing of five years and four months that will be set in January and was hit with more than $3 million in fines.
Mack pleaded guilty in February to running a gang called the 'California girls' that operated in more than a dozen states and targeted Sephora, Ulta, Bloomingdales and other cosmetic and luxury brand stores. She and her husband, Kenneth, 60, were arrested in December after more than $300,000 worth of stolen goods were found at their home, according to prosecutors who noted that was a fraction of what was stolen since 2012. Michelle Mack, 53, received a delayed sentencing of five years ago four months that will be set in January and was hit with more than $3 million in fines Mack's gang operated in more than a dozen states and targeted at least 231 Ulta stores.
Mack, Kenneth and seven others have been charged in connection with the theft scheme. The couple was charged in February with 140 felony counts - including conspiracy to commit organized re.