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Six people have been convicted and sentenced in New York for stealing more than $3 million worth of cash, cars, and merchandise in a string of crimes. The thieves were caught because the culprits repeatedly posted themselves on social media with the stolen goods. The New York attorney general’s office shared a few examples of those social media posts, which do show individuals posing inside vehicles and holding a large amount of cash in hand, fanned out. The investigation revealed the "crew" would often travel to neighborhoods with multiple car dealerships and cell phone stores and commit multiple burglaries at night. A search of a couple of the suspects' homes uncovered multiple vehicle key fobs, large amounts of cash, and multiple cell phones.