[Hot Tabasco]

purchased a large amount of cell phones from Wal-Mart

Such purchases are common place amongst the convenience stores and gas stations owned by Chaldeans and Lebanese...

FWIW, my local Marathon owner, a Chaldean, buys all his products for resale from the local Costco.........

[Rusty0604]

That may be true but apparently these purchases haven’t been commonplace there or there would be nothing to report.

[B212]

FWIW, my local Marathon owner, a Chaldean, buys all his products for resale from the local Costco.........

Yes, no receipts or records, thereby avoiding taxes....

[wideminded]

Exactly. This has been going on for a long time and undoubtedly the vast majority of such purchases are for resale.

Of course somebody somewhere is eventually going to use some for bombs, but they could do that if they purchased them one at a time.