Poshmark has suspended an account associated with a Michigan woman who allegedly stole $823,000 worth of clothing and resold designer duds on an online secondhand marketplace.
Brandalene “Brandy” Horn, 42, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of taking more than $750,000 in profits, according to federal prosecutors.
From April 2022 to February 2024, she allegedly peddled clothing stolen from her Poshmark account with a “cash horn.”
On Thursday, Horne’s Poshmark profile has been suspended, a company spokesperson confirmed to the Post.
For years, Horn is said to have resold designer and luxury goods stolen from three unidentified rental companies and even boasted about his high income in a private Poshmark sales group on Facebook. .
“Insights into my closet this year,” she wrote alongside a screenshot obtained by the Post, showing she made $110,507 from January to May 2023. To earn that tremendous amount, she sold 609 items.
In June, an alleged scammer bragged about being accused by a “stalker” of reselling merchandise stolen from Rent the Runway, and if it was true, he would “go to jail for grand larceny.” “I guess so,” he joked.
“Last week, a woman was stalking me on social media.” [in June 2023] And please accuse me of theft for using so many ‘Rent the Runway’ photos in my listings,” she wrote. “I thought, ‘Girl, if that’s true, don’t you think I’d go to jail for grand larceny?'”
Prosecutors say Horn created hundreds of accounts on three websites and refused to return the clothes after receiving them.
Prosecutors said the companies tried to charge Horne for the stolen items, but Horne either disputed the charges with the credit union or canceled the cards associated with the purchases. The claim could not be made.
Investigators learned of Horne’s plan after placing several orders with him and finding residue on the tags. This appears to be from where Horne removed the heat-sensitive tags that allow companies to track clothing.
Horn is accused of selling 1,063 stolen items between April 2022 and February 2024.
She has been charged with one count of mail fraud, one count of wire fraud, and one count of interstate transportation of stolen property, and could be sentenced to 50 years in prison if convicted.
