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Message from our RLPSA President Published in the RLPSA newsletter
With
Spring now here, it is hard to believe that we are a few months away from
our next Annual Conference. The Planning Committee is working hard to put
the finishing touches on an agenda that will include some great speakers,
engaging topics, and time well spent with peers and solution partners. Our
conference is always a can't miss event, and I hope to see many of you in
Las Vegas come the end of July.
Are you taking advantage of
everything RLPSA has to offer?
The annual conference is not the only
place we are engaging with our membership. In February we held another
successful RLPSA CONNECT at the Dave & Buster's in Los Angeles. We received
great feedback on the event and are already planning our next CONNECT
tentatively scheduled for Atlanta in the Fall. We also held our first
Membership Discussion Online Chat on the topic of Gift Card, Credit Card and
Mobile Fraud. It was great to listen to the
interaction amongst members,
some members just getting involved with this type of fraud and some seasoned
veterans discussing their programs and how they battle against losses in
their environment. It was a great 90 minutes of sharing, learning and
meeting new peers. Stay tuned as we plan to hold more Membership Discussions
in the coming months.
Continue reading
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4 Tips for Using Social
Media to Address Social Division and Civil Unrest
A recently released report out of the Ohio State University's Divided Community
Project (DCP) offers new insights as to how government at all levels could be
addressing social division and civil unrest through social modern communications
tools.
During the 2017 Government Social Media Conference held April 11-13 in Dallas,
Texas, DCP Executive Director Grande Lum and Associate Director William
Froehlich discussed the vital and expanding role social media plays in not only
informing the public, but building consensus between misaligned factions.
The report, released April 11, is meant to serve as an "off-the-shelf guidebook"
for community leaders and coordinators in the event civil unrest breaks out in
their backyards. The document is the result of roughly a year of input gathering
from social media coordinators, civic leaders and remediators to take a deeper
dive into anticipating and addressing unrest.
masstransitmag.com
ISC West 2017 sees record
attendance
More than 30,000 professionals attended, show floor had 200 new exhibitors.
The show had more than 30,000 attendees, a 3 percent increase from previous
years and a new milestone for the show, according to Sessa. The show also had
more than 1,000 exhibitors, more than 200 of which were new to the show this
year.
securitysystemsnews.com
ISCPO: New Organization Identity, Web Site, and
Newsletter
As
we all know, the speed of business, especially ours, is moving at an exponential
rate. As professionals tasked with protecting and securing goods and services
within the supply chain, we need to stay ahead of the curve, to anticipate
disruption, and to prevent loss. With that in mind, ISCPO has evolved its
organizational identity and marketing channels.
For ISCPO, the new logo
depicts the global flow and they've chosen dark blue to signify protection.
Check out their refreshed website at
ISCPO.org and be sure
to
subscribe to the Quarterly Newsletter. This year, we'll be actively
increasing our membership base via targeted marketing efforts, partnerships, and
social media (previously known as word-of-mouth).
CargoNet's First Quarter
2017 Cargo Theft Trend Analysis
Toronto Heats Up - Takes #2 Spot
In Q1 2017, CargoNet® recorded 358 supply chain risk incidents across the United
States and Canada. Of those 358 incidents, 58% involved theft of a trucking
vehicle, 54% involved theft of cargo, and 7% were classified as fraud (often
identity theft and wire fraud). In total, 192 cargo theft events were recorded,
and the cargo in each theft was worth an average of $149,522,
bringing the total estimated loss to $28.7 million for the quarter.
There were 339 trucking vehicles reported stolen, including 137 tractors and 143
trailers. Theft of intermodal equipment like chassis and containers dropped just
over 50% compared to Q1 2016.

Secured yards were the most common location where cargo thefts
occurred in Q1 2017. CargoNet recorded 40 cargo thefts at secured yards, defined
by CargoNet as a fully fenced trucking yard where the fence is designed for
access control. Warehouse locations were next, with 32 thefts, followed closely
by parking lots (like those of major retailers), with 28 thefts.
Food and beverage products were the most stolen items in Q1 2017, and
31% of all reported cargo thefts involved those commodities. Specifically, meat
products were the most stolen food and beverage item, with 17 thefts.
Nonalcoholic and alcoholic beverages followed with nine and eight thefts,
respectively. Household items were the next most common category; 15% of cargo
thefts involved this commodity.
California remained the state with the most cargo thefts and
reported 51 cargo theft events in Q1 2017. Normally, Texas follows
California but in this quarter was displaced by Ontario.
Canada's most populous province reported 29 cargo theft events in Q1
2017, an increase of 262% from Q1 2016. Most of the reports were in the
Greater Toronto area. In the first three months of 2017, there were ten
cargo thefts reported in Brampton, five in Mississauga, and five in Toronto.
ajot.com
Eighth Defendant Pleads In
$8M Kick-Back Fraud Of MillerCoors
The remaining person charged in an $8.6 million scheme to defraud
MillerCoors LLC through falsified invoices for fake marketing events
admitted to the crime Tuesday, closing the door on the fraud led by a longtime
executive at the beer giant.
Andrew Vallozzi accepted a plea agreement and pled guilty to one count of wire
fraud, joining former MillerCoors executive David Colletti and six other vendors
Colletti recruited in copping to the scheme. Vallozzi faces up to 20 years in
prison and will be ordered to pay $1,163,223 in restitution, according to his
plea agreement.
Like his co-conspirators, Vallozzi operated several vendor companies that would
contract with MillerCoors to host marketing events for the company's products.
Vallozzi would submit invoices to Colletti at MillerCoors for the purported cost
of putting these events on. But the invoices were often inflated or entirely
falsified, reflecting costs for events that never happened, prosecutors said.
Once MillerCoors paid the invoice, Colletti and Vallozzi or the other vendors
would split the proceeds, according to court records. Colletti would collect his
cut, either in cash, trips or collectible firearms, prosecutors said.
law360.com
US Trustee, Creditors Object
To RadioShack's $1.4M Executive Retention
Bonus Plan
The bankrupt electronics retailer is seeking court approval for a key
employee incentive program for seven executives, but the trustee and
the unsecured creditors argue the conditions and performance goals of the
program establish it as a disguised employee retention program. Both of whom
claim it is a retention program for insiders.
law360.com

Harris Poll: The retail
brands of the year are
Kohl's earned the top position in the department store category of the poll, in
which more than 100,000 U.S. consumers assessed more than 4,000 brands across
more than 450 categories
Department Store: Kohl's
Luxury department store: Nordstrom
Off-price: TJ Maxx
Electronics store: Best Buy
Footwear: DSW
Sporting goods: Dick's Sporting Goods
Coffee & quick-serve restaurant: Starbucks
Hardware and home store: The Home Depot
This year's poll revealed that in a country facing a "values chasm," Americans
are rallying around brands aligned with their personal values.
2017 Harris Poll EquiTrend® Rankings
chainstoreage.com
Office Depot Sells
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Axis Takes Home Two Wins at SIA's 2017 New Product Showcase
Security
Industry Association (SIA) recognizes AXIS Site Designer and AXIS Q6155-E PTZ
Dome Network Camera among top new products at ISC West 2017
Axis Communications, the global leader in network video, announced today
that the company secured two wins at SIA's New Product Showcase (NPS) at ISC
West 2017 on April 5. Axis secured wins in the "Tools and Hardware" category for
its Site Designer and the "Video Surveillance Cameras IP" category for its
Q6155-E PTZ Dome.
AXIS Site Designer is a web application for system integrators and
installers that reduces the time and effort needed to design a complete security
strategy. AXIS Site Designer works online and offline to recommend cameras and
recording solutions for small- and mid-sized systems. The app features a
selection of templates for common installation scenarios, including a visual
camera selector that recommends cameras based on operational requirements, such
as required resolution, camera coverage and light conditions.
The
AXIS Q6155-E PTZ Dome Network Camera is the industry's first PTZ camera with
laser focus, offering a faster and more accurate focus with a 1080p resolution
and 30x optical zoom. The technology, combined with high image quality, is ideal
for situations when people or objects need to be identified quickly and
precisely. AXIS Q6155-E features Sharpdome technology, which allows monitoring
of objects as much as 20-degrees above the camera horizon.
Read more here.
Axis Communications honored with a Security Sales & Integration's Most Valuable
Product (MVP) at ISC West 2017
The AXIS
P8804 Stereo Sensor Kit was named Security Sales & Integration's 2017 MVP in the
video surveillance category
Axis Communications, the global leader in network video, has been recognized
by Security Sales & Integration for its
AXIS P8804 Stereo Sensor Kit in the video surveillance category of the Most
Valuable Product (MVP) Awards. Recognizing groundbreaking suppliers and
manufacturers, Security Sales & Integration held the Most Valuable Product
Awards ceremony in an evening ceremony at The Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas during
ISC West 2017.
The Most Valuable Product (MVP) Awards recognize products that make a
substantial impact on integrators and were judged on innovation, functionality,
competitive advantages, benefits to the installer or monitoring provider, and
benefits to the end user.
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DHS Secretary Seeks Help
from Tech Sector to Fight Cyberthreat
"The Government, God Knows, Can't Do It by Itself,"
John Kelly Says
John Kelly, in his first speech as the U.S. homeland security secretary,
says the American government can't combat the cyberthreat without the
active cooperation of the private sector.
"The government, God knows, can't do it by itself," Kelly said in a
question-and-answer session following his speech at George Washington University
on April 18. "In fact, probably, [we] could do it less capably if it didn't
employ ... couldn't do it as well if it didn't have these partnerships with the
commercial realm that I think should get better and better and better and
better."
Kelly praised his boss, President Donald Trump, for reaching out to Silicon
Valley to jointly develop policies to address the cyberthreat: "It's nonstop,
relentless, and as I say, President Trump is taking that on, and is
organizing, certainly, some internal commission kind of thing to look at it."
The retired 4-star Marine Corps general did not provide details on the
internal commission. ISMG queried the White House and DHS media offices
about the internal commission. The White House, in an email response, said it
would let DHS clarify Kelly's remarks. As of the posting of this article, DHS
had not yet replied.
Editor's Note: Let's hope the retail sector is involved and I'm
sure the NRF is leading the effort to get involved.
govinfosecurity.com
Did You Stay at a Holiday
Inn Last Night?
InterContinental Hotel Chain Breach Expands to
1,000 Properties
In February, IHG acknowledged a breach but said it appeared to involve only
a dozen properties. Now, IHG has released data showing that cash
registers at more than 1,000 of its properties were compromised with malicious
software designed to siphon customer debit and credit card data.
Headquartered in Denham, U.K., IHG operates more than 5,000 hotels across nearly
100 countries. The company's
dozen brands
include Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, InterContinental, Kimpton
Hotels, and Crowne Plaza.
According to
a statement released by IHG, the investigation "identified signs of the
operation of malware designed to access payment card data from cards used onsite
at front desks at certain IHG-branded franchise hotel locations between
September 29, 2016 and December 29, 2016." krebsonsecurity.com
Target's $10M Data Breach
Deal Hits Snag With Class Objector
An objector to a $10 million deal resolving claims over Target's 2013 data
breach on Monday accused the shoppers leading the suit of recycling old
arguments instead of addressing the Eighth Circuit's concerns about potential
conflicts within the settlement class, saying that lumping everyone into one
class isn't appropriate. law360.com
IT Won't Recognize Itself by
the End of the Year
IT is at the center of nearly every interaction we have today, every email,
phone call, and text, every order placed and filled, every patient cared for,
every financial transaction completed. Now more than ever, IT is responsible for
keeping the lights on both literally and figuratively. It's no longer a support
system. It's the foundation of modern business.
IT will change more this year than it did in the last five years. Everything
from the job function, reporting structures, expectations and integrations with
business groups will dramatically overhaul how IT operates day-to-day, and the
strategic function of IT in driving business outcomes.
"Dev" takes over DevOps. The convergence of IT operations and
DevOps will accelerate as the ownership of traditional IT operations functions -
maintenance, performance, and availability - come within the purview of those
who developed those systems in the first place.

Security is now everyone's job. IT security has spent the past
few years moving slowly through the stages of grief regarding perimeter
security. From the explosion of ransomware to massive DDoS attacks, the
threat is greater than ever. 2017 may be the year that we finally reach
the acceptance stage. This means accepting that bad actors, whether
employees, contractors, or outside agitators, are already inside the network.
It also means involving many more stakeholders in security, working with
network, storage, applications, and other teams to understand what "normal"
looks like in their world, and how to best identify potential bad actors. To put
it simply: To improve security, it must become everyone's job. While dedicated
security teams won't go away, other IT teams will be asked to step up in a big
way - to have a better understanding of the assets for which they are
responsible and detect anomalies sooner. informationweek.com
CISO's, Board Members Have
Widely Divergent Views on Cybersecurity
Boards often want a lot more business-relevant reporting than CISOs provide,
Focal Point Data Risk study shows.
Research released this week by Focal Point Data Risk shows that CISOs and
board members often have different perspectives on the value of cybersecurity,
on how to assess the effectiveness of security programs, and how to measure and
express risk.
While C-suite members for example often viewed data and brand protection as the
primary value of cybersecurity to the organization, CISOs somewhat surprisingly
viewed their primary functions as guiding and enabling the business and in
ensuring loss avoidance.
One of the key discoveries was that CISOs generally tended to view the security
function as having less to do with data and brand protection than board members.
A lot of that, according to the report, may simply have to do with CISOs trying
to position cybersecurity as a business enabler rather than a cost center in
meetings with board members. While security executives know that protecting data
is one of their primary functions, many feel pressured to demonstrate how that
helps the bottom line, the report noted.
Board members and CISOs also had substantially divergent views on the
effectiveness of their organization's security program. The board's lack of
confidence also stems from the continuing habit by security executives to
present cyber jargon to board instead of business language. Meetings with
security executives often leave board members with the impression that
no matter how much they spend, they will still get breached.
Similarly, the metrics that CISOs use to convey the status of the organization's
security program to the board tend to be more operational in nature while
board members are far more interested in big picture metrics such as
peer benchmarking.
darkreading.com
Advanced, Low-Cost
Ransomware Tools on the Rise
New offerings cost as little as $175 and come with lots of anti-detection bells
and whistles.
Malware developers keep making it easier for even the most broke and technically
inept bad guys to jump on the ransomware craze with cheap and user-friendly
tools that are bound to fuel plenty more computer blackmail attacks in 2017. The
latest evidence of the trend comes from a report out today of a new variant
offered up by Russian cybercriminals through a software-as-a-service delivery
mechanism that costs criminals only $175 to get started.
darkreading.com
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Mac's Crime Prevention Success in Canada
Part 2 of an Interview with Sean Sportun, Mac's
Security & LP Manager
Mac's
Convenience Stores in central Canada is well known for having a
multi-faceted approach to fighting crime and maintaining store security.
Convenience Store Decisions spoke with Sean Sportun, ICPS manager, security
& loss prevention for Mac's Convenience Stores, about the many initiatives
the chain is using to combat crime, and how a Harvard Business Study is
assisting its efforts.
CSD: About the video
monitoring room-when did Mac's first start this and how does it work?
SS: The Monitoring Room was created back in 2006 and
has grown into an important piece of our Loss Prevention Department.
We are able to remotely connect to the in-store DVR system to view live real
time video. The core function of the Monitoring Room is to identify
areas of risk and provide operational support to stores, with the secondary
function to provide support to police when it comes to recovering
video/images. The Loss Prevention Operators (LPO) who work in the Monitoring
Room complete what we call Virtual Inspections, where they will randomly
observe a store and the movements of an employee looking for compliance to
safety/security standards.
After observation, the LPO will call the
store and go through a series of inspection questions with the store
employee-after this the LPO will complete the Virtual Inspection by sending
the results to the operations team. If the LPO observe suspected dishonest
behavior, they will terminate the Virtual Inspection and transition into an
active investigation. As a result of the Monitoring Room, we are
seeing a decline in internal incidents, but also a decline in employee
injury incidents.
Read part 3 of the interview in next week's Canadian Push
ASIS Toronto's Annual Best Practices event
coming tomorrow On Thursday, April 20,
ASIS Toronto will hold its 24th Annual Best Practices Seminar, featuring
presentations from six speakers. Speakers will address topics including
career mobility, unmanned arial vehicles, currency and security, insider
threats, and active shooter scenarios.
The event, which will be held
once again at the Markham Event Centre. More details are available on the
ASIS Toronto chapter
website.
canadiansecuritymagazine.com
Loblaw and Shoppers Drug
Mart to cover $1,500 for Medical Marijuana
Besides the company's efforts to provide financial support for employees
with medical marijuana expenses, it applied in fall 2016 for a license to be
a licensed producer with the goal of dispensing medical marijuana to
patients alongside pharmacist counseling.
"We believe that allowing
medical marijuana to be dispensed through pharmacy would increase access,
safety, quality and security for the thousands of Canadians who use the drug
as part of their medication therapy," Tammy Smitham, VP external
communication for Loblaw and Shoppers Drug Mart, told Drug Store News in
October. drugstorenews.com
Walmart fined $27,514
over pricing lapses at Montreal store Quebec's
Consumer Protection Office announced Tuesday that Walmart had pleaded guilty
to 11 counts of violating consumer protection laws, most notably in the area
of following provincial regulations for properly pricing its merchandise.
The Office said the retail giant had failed to place price tags on
merchandise that "clearly and readably" indicated their price at its outlet
in the borough of St-Léonard. Walmart was also found to have neglected to
post its exact pricing policy - which allows consumers to benefit from the
lowest price indicated on merchandise - in clear view for consumers at the
store's cash registers and price readers. Walmart was fined a total of
$27,514 for the violations.
montrealgazette.com
Should more stores be
open in Toronto on holidays? City staff
report urges public consultations on whether more retailers should be
allowed to open for business, with retailers saying the current system
discriminates randomly. Public consultations should be held to consider
whether more retailers, including grocery stores, major malls and business
improvement areas, should be allowed to remain open on holidays, according
to a city staff report to be considered by the city's licensing and
standards committee on Tuesday. thestar.com
Loblaw to open 30 new
stores and upgrade more than 500 others Loblaw
said the moves would invest about $1.3 billion into the economy and create
an estimated 10,000 retail, trade and construction jobs.
Thursday's
announcement comes almost exactly a year since Loblaw said it planned to
build 50 new stores and renovate 150 others as part of a
$1.3 billion revamp and expansion.
The company later said it
would
shutter 52 locations across Canada that had fallen short of
expectations.
The grocery and pharmacy giant said the investment
included the
continued roll out of its Click & Collect ecommerce, improved health and
wellness services, and the inclusion of fresh food at select Shoppers Drug
Mart locations. canadiangrocer.com
Freedom Mobile sorry for
selling an iPhone made with knock-off parts
Company says its retailers are not authorized to sell iPhones, dealer 'made
a mistake'.
Freedom Mobile is apologizing after a CBC Toronto
investigation revealed the company sold an iPhone that had been refurbished
with counterfeit and aftermarket parts. Freedom Mobile salesperson did not
indicate that the phone had been refurbished, and his receipt does not
indicate the phone's true condition either.
Freedom Mobile - a Shaw
Communications company that rebranded from Wind Mobile in November 2016 -
does not list any Apple products on its website, and states on an
FAQ page that it does "not officially sell iPhone."
cbc.ca
Wal-Mart adds to
click-and-collect offerings in Canada
The Cheesecake Factory
to open its first Canadian location in Toronto
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La Ronge, SK: Restaurant
owner dies after brutal armed robbery
Simon
Grant, the 64-year-old owner of Lousiana's Bar B Que restaurant on Studer
Street, died in hospital Monday, less than 48 hours after police responded to an
armed robbery and found him seriously injured at the business.
Investigators believe masked men entered the restaurant and assaulted Grant
before fleeing the scene with cash. The owner was taken to La Ronge Hospital
before he was airlifted to Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon, where he
died. His death is being treated as a homicide, RCMP say.
ctvnews.com
Okotocs, AB: Police
searching for three suspects who stole $12,000 in glasses
Police
are asking for the public's help in identifying three suspects who stole $12,000
worth of merchandise from Okotoks Eye Care nearly two months ago. The suspects
entered the store during the early morning hours of February 20 and got away
before police responded.
RCMP said store surveillance video they examined
during the course of their investigation showed two women shoplifting in the
store three days earlier. They said, however, it's not known at this time if
they are the same people responsible for the break and enter and subsequent
theft.
reportca.net
Calgary,
AB: Arsonist caught on camera tossing Molotov cocktail into restaurant
Investigators are looking for a culprit who smashed the front window of a
Calgary restaurant last week and hurled what they believe was a Molotov cocktail
through the opening. Surveillance video from inside Lê La Vietnamese restaurant
shows the incident as it unfolded at about 4:15 a.m. on April 7.
The
culprit first breaks the front window and then tosses in an incendiary device,
believed to be a Molotov cocktail. "The video shows that the suspect's clothing
caught on fire," police said in a release. The culprit would likely have burned
clothing and may have suffered burns.
cbc.ca
Scarborough, ON: Man
injured in shooting runs to convenience store for help
Woodstock, ON: Man steals
cart full of items, $850 welder from Canadian Tire
Red Deer, AB: Purrfect
ending - Kitten stolen from pet store returned
Robberies and Burglaries
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Co-op - Saint-Paul-de-Kent, NB - Burglary •
Harry's Variety Store - Harcourt, NB - Burglary •
Louisiana's BBQ Restaurant - La Ronge, SK - Armed
Robbery/Owner later died •
Undisclosed gas station - Carstairs, AB - Armed
Robbery
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Undisclosed store - Windsor, ON - Robbery
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Undisclosed store - Windsor, ON - Robbery
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ORC's Attack on Retail
- Redefining ORC
John Matas,
VP - Asset Protection/ Investigations & ORC, Macy's

Organized Retail Crime has
changed and grown dramatically over the years. With surging cybercrime such as
identity theft, data breaches, skimming and credit card fraud, ORC has become an
internationally connected crime. As the retail environment has changed, so must
our definition of ORC. To help us quantify its impact on both a national and
global scale, John Matas,
Vice President - Asset Protection/Investigations & ORC for Macy's, offers his
thoughts on the topic, and why a $100-billion estimate may be too conservative.
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Amazon Marketplace Fraud
Reports Deepen
Amazon's marketplace troubles may be even broader than reported,
according to some sellers.
On top of the recent
issues with hackers stealing account credentials of legitimate but inactive
merchants and selling non-existent items, a report from Inc suggests that
fraudsters are also making new accounts.
Dubbed the "just launched" scam, fraudsters take advantage of naive buyers by
creating new fraudulent accounts. They search for the most in-demand items and
then pretend they too are offering the coveted items for sale - and at a much
lower cost than other merchants.
By the time buyers realize they've been scammed, the fraudster has already run
off with the cash, leaving Amazon to foot the refund.
Amazon notably withholds payment to sellers until it is confident customers have
received their orders. The online retail giant guarantees a full refund if a
product doesn't arrive or isn't as advertised.
"There have always been bad actors in the world who try to take advantage of
consumers for financial gain," said an Amazon spokesperson. "However, as
fraudsters get smarter, so do we."
pymnts.com
With Retail Hacks on the
Rise, Fashion Cannot Ignore Cyber Security Risks
While the full extent of the recent bout of Amazon hacking is "still unclear,"
it sheds light on the need for companies to safeguard confidential consumer data
(such as customers' social security, credit card and bank account numbers) and
other valuable information, particularly given consumers' increasing reliance on
e-commerce.
Not only are brands faced with legal requirements when confronted with a cyber
hack, they must preemptively consider the damning results that such an event
could have on their existing consumer base and potential new customers given the
bad press that would certainly come hand-in-hand with such an attack.
Last year, as part of its annual Consumer Loss Barometer report, KPMG - a global
network of professional firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services -
revealed that 19 percent of consumers would abandon a retailer entirely
in response to a hack.
Not just a problem for large organizations, such as TJX Companies, Target,
Neiman Marcus, and Yahoo!, which have all experienced breaches, smaller
companies are increasingly being targeted. A recent report by Symantec, an
American software company, entitled, "Internet Security Threat," detailed the
state of threats across an array of industries, noting that retail was the
industry sector most heavily exposed to email phishing attacks in 2015.
thefashionlaw.com
Gucci Wins $9 Million Judgment
Against Group of nearly 100 Knock-Off Sites in China
Walmart and Target could
beat Amazon on drone delivery
Airbnb adds multi-factor
authentication after account takeover fraud
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Update: Fugitive Pleads Guilty in $200 Million
Credit Card Fraud Scam
A New York man today admitted his role in one of the largest credit card fraud
schemes ever charged by the Justice Department, Acting U.S. Attorney William E.
Fitzpatrick announced.

Habib Chaudhry, 49, of Valley Stream, New York, pleaded guilty before U.S.
District Judge Anne E. Thompson in Trenton federal. Chaudhry had been a fugitive
for nearly four years prior to his arrest in January 2017.
Chaudhry was indicted as part of a conspiracy - led by Tahir Lodhi, Babar
Qureshi, Ijaz Butt, and others - to fabricate more than 7,000 false
identities to obtain tens of thousands of credit cards. Including
today's plea, 20 people have pleaded guilty in connection with the
scheme.
The scheme involved a three-step process in which the defendants would make up a
false identity by creating fraudulent identification documents and a phony
credit profile with the major credit bureaus; pump up the credit of the false
identity by providing bogus information about that identity's creditworthiness;
then borrow or spend as much as they could without repaying the
debts. The scheme caused more than $200 million in confirmed losses to
businesses and financial institutions.
The scope of the criminal fraud enterprise required the conspirators to
construct an elaborate network of false identities. Across the country, the
conspirators maintained more than 1,800 "drop addresses," including houses,
apartments and post office boxes, which they used as the mailing addresses for
the false identities.
Chaudhry admitted that he worked with others to obtain fraudulent credit cards
in the names of false identities, that he directed that these fraudulent credit
cards be mailed to addresses he controlled, and that he and others made charges
using these credit cards with no intention of paying back the debts. justice.gov
From Russia With Love
Russian National Confesses to Major $170M Credit
Card Fraud in Letter to US Court
A Russian national has pled guilty to a US District Court in the state of
Washington on credit card theft amounting to some $170 million in losses to
businesses and individuals, according to a handwritten confession letter to the
court obtained by Sputnik.
David Burghardt - Roman Seleznev, a native from Russia's Far Eastern region
of Vladivostok, was arrested by US Secret Service agents in the Maldives
in 2014 and transported to Seattle, Washington to face court
on suspicions of cybercrimes that affected hundreds of businesses and thousands
of individuals in Washington. Overall some 3 million credit cards
were suspected of being stolen by Seleznev, though the court was able to
prove only 1.7 million stolen cards.
Prosecutors in the US District Court in Seattle have demanded Seleznev serve 30
years in prison for his crimes. Seleznev, 32, is set to be sentenced on April
21.
"I do accept full responsibility for everything. I am afraid of my
punishment, but I am relieved to have finally got caught as the life of criminal
is no good life at all," Seleznev wrote in English. "Nobody or nothing I can
blame except me! I did this and now I will answer for my crimes as a man,"
Seleznev said.
Seleznev's arrest in the Maldives and extradition to the United States was
greatly criticized by the Russian Foreign Ministry, which defined Seleznev's
detention as kidnapping and against all norms of international law.
sputniknews.com
San Antonio, TX: Police say $11K in stolen
merchandise linked to man in S.A. Home Depot Scam
A 27-year-old man was arrested Monday accused of stealing items from Home Depot,
then returning them in order to obtain gift cards and selling those online for a
reduced price, according to court documents. Marquis Anthony Foster faces a
state jail felony of theft between $2,500 and $30,000.
mysanantonio.com
Publix
Clerk who stole $6K in lottery tickets ordered to undergo Psychological Exam
A 34-year-old former clerk at Publix was ordered to get a psychological exam in
a sentencing hearing Monday. Brandy Marie Wise of Leesburg entered a plea of no
contest to a charge scheming to defraud. Wise admitted that she had made
fraudulent returns and then used the money to buy lottery tickets. She said she
began doing so in August and would make about $75 in fraudulent returns three
times a week to buy lottery tickets. She told a police officer she is "addicted"
to lottery tickets and has been trying to move and thought if she could get a
winning lottery ticket, she could afford to move. A Publix loss prevention
specialist told the police officer that he could document $626.30 in fraudulent
returns, but suspected that the total that Wise had taken was closer to $6,000.
villages-news.com

Fort Bend County, TX: Vacuum cleaner bandits hit
local store
Someone in Fort Bend County recognized the value of Dyson-brand vacuum cleaners
by making off with several of them from a store, officials said. The vacuum
cleaner bandits struck about 7:30 p.m. on April 8 at a Target store at 23710
Westheimer Parkway in Katy, officials said. The thieves, a man and a woman,
pulled six Dyson vacuum cleaners down from the shelf then proceeded out the
front door without paying.
chron.com
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Shootings
Brevard
County, FL: Sheriff's deputies shot and wounded a man on Tuesday at Merritt
Square mall
According to Brevard County Sheriff's Office, Deputies responded to the
Merritt Square Mall, Tuesday at approximately 1:21 p.m. in response to an
aggressive subject at the mall. Sheriff Wayne Ivey said that a construction
worker was confronted by his employer for his erratic behavior. Merritt
Square mall security then called the Sheriff's Office. The subject began
advancing on the deputies armed with a long metal fencing post. The suspect
refused to comply with the deputy's commands to drop the weapon and was shot by
one deputy as he advanced on both deputies. The threat was neutralized and the
suspect was transported to a local hospital in serious condition where he is
currently being treated."
spacecoastdaily.com
Brandon, FL: Thorton's clerk wounded in
Shooting
Robberies
& Thefts
Update - Laurel, MD:
Former Wal-Mart manager charged with staging $400,000 store Robbery in which
he was shot
A former Wal-Mart assistant manager was indicted on Federal charges that he
took part in the staged robbery of $400,000 from his Laurel store in 2012, a
plot that included having him shot in the arm. The indictment unsealed
Friday in U.S. District Court in Baltimore alleges that Ansar Ali Younis was
part of a group that planned the early-morning robbery on Nov. 14, 2012, of
a Wal-Mart. As part of the plan, co-conspirator Mohammed Altashy obtained a
van and at around 4:15 a.m. drove to the store and looked for Younis, who
was acting as the night manager, and loudly announced a robbery, the
indictment alleges. He pointed a gun at Younis, demanding he put cash from
the Wal-Mart safe into a trash can, then forced Younis at gunpoint out of
the store.
oshatoday.com
Moultrie, GA: Dollar
General Customer draws a gun to stop a Shoplifter
Two men, one of whom pulled a gun, came to the assistance Saturday of a
store employee who was shoved aside by a thief as she tried to block his
exit. At about 9:42 p.m. police were dispatched to Dollar General store. The
employee told police that a customer reported that a man was shoplifting
women's clothing, and as he came toward the register the employee saw
several items of clothing sticking out of his jacket. The employee stood at
the exit and asked the man whether he was paying for the merchandise. The
man told her to move and pushed her away to make his way outside. Two male
customers then tried to detain the man. A second man ran outside and got in
front of the shoplifter and, when he was pushed aside pulled a pistol. At
that time the man ran to a car and left with a woman driving. Some $107
worth of stolen merchandise was recovered.
moultrieobserver.com
Ronkonkoma, NY: Subway
Shop Latest Target In String Of Knifepoint Robberies On Long Island
Police are investigating yet another knifepoint robbery on Long Island after
police said a sandwich shop was targeted in Ronkonkoma in Suffolk County.
Police said a man armed with a knife walked into the Subway shop on Portion
Road Tuesday night and demanded cash. An employee pressed an emergency alarm
and the suspect ran off before police could apprehend him. Investigators
believe it's the same suspect who is wanted for other robberies in Suffolk
and Nassau counties. He's struck 14 times since February, robbing chain
stores like Carvel, Subway and Dunkin' Donuts, while carrying a machete or a
knife.
cbslocal.com

Conyers, GA: Police Seek to Identify Kay
Jewelry Armed Robbers
On April 18, 2017 at approximately 10:20 a.m., a black male and a black
female suspect entered Kay Jewelers. The male armed with a black
semi-automatic handgun jumped the counter after a short conversation with an
employee. An undisclosed amount of jewelry was taken from the glass display
case.
facebook.com
Riverside, CA: Armed
robbery suspects captured; Police pursuit and lock-down of Cal Baptist
University
Four out of the five suspects are juveniles, Riverside Police Department
said. One of two females involved in the heist and pursuit is 18. Four of
the suspects conducted a "takeover-style robbery" of a nail salon about 8:30
p.m., across the street from the Riverside Plaza. During the robbery, one
woman suffered a laceration from one of the suspects.
pe.com
Redwood City, CA: Serial
wallet thief gets one year in jail
A 42-year-old San Jose woman accused of stealing the wallets of nine older
female shoppers over a four-month period in 2016 has been sentenced to one
year in county jail and five months of supervised probation.
mercurynews.com
Minneapolis, MN: Third Sports
Memorabilia Shop Burglarized in the Twin Cities in a month; nearly $120,000
in merchandise
Jackson Jewelers in the Old Hickory
Mall, Jackson, TN reported a Robbery, items valued at $13,000
Zales in the Atascocita Commons,
Humble, TX reported a Burglary on 4/18, items valued at $3,000
Kay Jewelers in the Newton Plaza,
Conyers, GA reported an Armed Robbery on 4/18. items valued at over $700,000
Skimming
Theft
Rock Hill, SC: Dozens of cards
compromised after skimming device found on ATM
Vinton, VA: 2 card skimmers found at
Exxon gas station
Aurora, CO: Skimming device found on
gas pump
New Jersey: Two members of ATM skimming
ring plead guilty to bank fraud
Preston, ID: Card skimmer discovered at
gas station
Credit
Card Fraud
Pineville, KY: Three indicted on felony
fraudulent use of credit card and persistent felony offender
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Cumberland Farms - Danielson, CT - Burglary
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CVS - Hagerstown, MD - Armed Robbery
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CVS - Columbus, OH - Robbery
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CVS - Miami, FL - Armed Robbery
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Dollar General - Moultrie, GA - Robbery
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Dollar General - Springfield, IL - Armed Robbery
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Jackson Jewelers - Jackson, TN - Robbery
• Kay Jewelers - Conyers, GA - Armed Robbery
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Lynn's Pharmacy - Hewitt, TX - Burglary
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Nail Salon - Riverside, CA - Armed Robbery
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Subway - Ronkonkoma, NY - Armed Robbery
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Twin Cities Sports Cards - Golden Valley, MN -
Burglary
• Zales - Humble, TX - Burglary
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7-Eleven - Spring Valley, CA - Armed Robbery
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7-Eleven - Kearns, UT - Armed Robbery
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11 robberies
• 4
burglaries
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0 shootings
• 0 killed
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