70-Year-Old Crime Boss Ran Million Dollar Crime Ring Out Of Business Store

The Dearborn Police Department announced Monday that officers broke up a major retail fraud ring they say stole everything from guns to liquor and even energy drinks.

Dearborn Police said they recovered a trove of stolen goods, including $600,000 in cash - some of which was stuffed in a Velveeta box - as part of an organized crime ring run by a 70-year-old woman.

That woman, identified as Beverly Jo Sassin, was running the crime ring out of her business - the Cas Bar - on Michigan Avenue in Detroit, according to Dearborn Police Chief Ron Haddad.

"It's a million dollar operation. this is not somebody looking for a deal at Christmas time or buying some used merchandise from a friend. This is an ongoing criminal enterprise that victimizes everyone," Haddad said.