eBay (also Amazon) is a major outlet for goods stolen by organized retail theft rings in the United States, and there are many news stories about people who've sold millions in stolen goods on eBay - and since eBay gets a percentage of those sales, there is undoubtedly an organized crime aspect of the whole operation, even if it's one step removed. Comparable to HSBC laundering drug cartel money, for example.
It is a scale. If you run a pawn shop you may dial up or down your blind eye for handling stolen goods. To the point where you can become the go to place for selling stolen stuff.
