NEW YORK 2 brothers face charges in scam involving reselling DVDs online

The two bilked Columbia House out of 3,200 DVDs, police said.
LONG ISLAND NEWSDAY
It was too good a deal to pass up: Buy one DVD at full price and get five more for 49 cents each.
So good, in fact, that two brothers answered the Columbia House ad, not just once, or twice, but 675 times, using a different name with each order, Nassau County, N.Y., police said.
"I wouldn't be surprised if someone manages to steal five or 10 CDs," detective Sgt. James Tilton, deputy commander of Nassau's Crimes Against Property Squad, said of the relatively simple scam. "But something of this magnitude ..."
Police estimate that brothers William Linsner, 29, of Woodbury and George Linsner, 37, of Queens bilked about 3,200 DVDs worth more than $60,000 from the music club, which direct-markets CDs, DVDs and videos.
The brothers then sold them on the Internet for $5 to $10 each, police said.
"Their motives were just monetary, for personal benefit," Tilton said.
Sent to several places
Since March, the brothers ordered the merchandise and had it sent to several addresses but mostly to their mother's home, police said.
Columbia House officials in Indiana became suspicious in October after none of the bills for DVDs were paid, Tilton said. The company then contacted U.S. postal officials who investigated in conjunction with police.
Reached by phone Thursday, a woman who identified herself as the brothers' mother said she had no comment.
"She's an elderly woman and knew nothing about it," Tilton said.
The brothers were arraigned Thursday and charged with second-degree larceny, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, and computer trespass, for which they could serve up to four years, if found guilty. Neither could be reached to comment.
Both are due back in court Monday.