New Jersey § 2c:20-11

§ 2c:20-11.

A person is a leader of an organized retail theft enterprise if he conspires with

others as an organizer, supervisor, financier or manager, to engage for profit in

a scheme or course of conduct to effectuate the transfer or sale of shoplifted merchandise. Leader of organized retail theft enterprise is a crime of the second degree. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. of N.J.S.2C:43-3 , the court may impose a fine not to exceed $250,000 or five times the retail value

of the merchandise seized at the time of the arrest, whichever is greater. Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.2C:1-8 , a conviction of leader of organized retail theft enterprise shall not merge with

the conviction for any offense which is the object of the conspiracy. Nothing contained in this section shall prohibit the court from imposing an extended

term pursuant to N.J.S.2C:43-7 ; nor shall this section be construed in any way to preclude or limit the prosecution

or conviction of any person for conspiracy under N.J.S.2C:5-2 , or any prosecution or conviction for any other offense. It shall not be necessary in any prosecution under this section for the State to prove

that any intended profit was actually realized. The trier of fact may infer that a particular scheme or course of conduct was undertaken

for profit from all of the attending circumstances, including but not limited to the

number of persons involved in the scheme or course of conduct, the actor's net worth

and his expenditures in relation to his legitimate sources of income, the amount of

merchandise involved, or the amount of cash or currency involved. It shall not be a defense to a prosecution under this section that any shoplifted

merchandise was brought into or transported in this State solely for ultimate distribution

in another jurisdiction; nor shall it be a defense that any profit was intended to

be made in another jurisdiction.