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North American Fraud Awards 2018 Winners
Tyco Retail Solutions wins Most Innovative In-Store Solution
Dick's Sporting Goods wins in two categories

Best Newcomer: ALTO
Most Innovative In-Store Solution: Tyco Retail Solutions
Most Innovative Online Solution: ONCAM and Video Analysis Solutions
Vendor of the Year: ThinkLP
Best Collaborative Solution: Verizon & Erie County Sheriff's Office
Rising Star Award: Brian Wildman, Compass Group NA
AP Manager of the Year: Juan Interiano - Dick's Sporting Goods
AP Team of the Year: The Digital LP Team - Dick's Sporting Goods
AP Director of the Year: Scott McBride - American Eagle Outfitters
Hall of Fame: Bob Maclea

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DA wants Home Depot shooting suspect put to death for Dallas officer's slaying
The Dallas County district attorney is seeking the death penalty for the man accused of killing a Dallas police officer and wounding his partner and a loss prevention officer at a Home Depot store last month. 

A Dallas officer working an off-duty job at the store detained Juarez for an outstanding warrant. While the off-duty officer was double-checking the warrant, Juarez pulled a gun and shot Santander, Almeida and Painter, police records show. 

Santander, 27, died the next day. Almeida, 26, was released from the hospital this weekend. Painter was released last week.

Almeida was shot in the face, and Painter was shot three times. Juarez fled but was later spotted in southeast Dallas. 

The police group is also asking the Dallas Police Department to consider broadening the policy on when officers can handcuff someone. 

Juarez was with the two officers and the loss prevention officer in a Home Depot office when he "removed his hands from his pockets, drew a handgun and shot both officers," police records show. 

Dallas Police Association President Michael Mata he hopes the Police Department allows officers to have "the ability that when investigating any possible criminal activity that we handcuff for citizens' or officers' safety." dallasnews.com

President & Other EZCorp Executives on plane that crashed in Honduras
A private plane that departed from Austin Tuesday with the president of an Austin-based pawn shop company on board crashed in Honduras around 12:30 p.m.

Honduran officials say there were six people on board. The Honduran Civil Aviation Agency says all the passengers and crew on board were taken to the hospital.

Joe Rotunda, the president of Austin's EZCorp was on board along with his employees. All of them survived the crash. kxan.com

Total Retail Loss Concept Presented at Australia's Profit Protection Future Forum
Over 150 like-minded retail loss prevention individuals came together to discuss current issues with Australasian retail shrinkage at The Profit Protection Future Forum: Total Retail Loss conferences on Tuesday 15 May in Melbourne and Thursday 17 May in Sydney.

The workshops were led by Professor Adrian Beck, who brought to Australia over 28 years of specialisation in retail loss prevention. Professor Beck presented findings based on his Total Retail Loss concept and trends in global loss prevention, presenting a case study from three European grocers that netted a total loss of 35 billion euros. In that total amount, 53% was attributed to wastage and 25% to lost profits from out of stocks, and 22% to theft. By practising the Total Retail Loss methodology, the grocers experienced a 17% uplift in profit.

Professor Beck also addressed the changing context of loss in retail due to the profound changes in the retail environment, specifically self-scan and mobile technologies. prwire.com.au


Facial Recognition Making the News

Amazon Pushes Facial Recognition to Police. Critics See Surveillance Risk
In late 2016, Amazon introduced a new online service that could help identify faces and other objects in images, offering it to anyone at a low cost through its giant cloud computing division, Amazon Web Services.

Not long after, it began pitching the technology to law enforcement agencies, saying the program could aid criminal investigations by recognizing suspects in photos and videos. It used a couple of early customers, like the Orlando Police Department in Florida and the Washington County Sheriff's Office in Oregon, to encourage other officials to sign up.

But now that aggressive push is putting the giant tech company at the center of an increasingly heated debate around the role of facial recognition in law enforcement. Fans of the technology see a powerful new tool for catching criminals, but detractors see an instrument of mass surveillance.

On Tuesday, the American Civil Liberties Union led a group of more than two dozen civil rights organizations that asked Amazon to stop selling its image recognition system, called Rekognition, to law enforcement. The group says that the police could use it to track protesters or others whom authorities deem suspicious, rather than limiting it to people committing crimes.

Many of the companies supplying the technology are security contractors little known to the public, but Amazon is one of the first major tech companies to actively market technology for conducting facial recognition to law enforcement. But few companies have Amazon's ability to effectively push widespread adoption of tech products.

"The idea that a massive and highly resourced company like Amazon has moved decisively into this space could mark a sea change for this technology," said Alvaro Bedoya, executive director at the Center on Privacy & Technology at the Georgetown University Law Center. nytimes.com

Your Favorite Stores Could Be Tracking You With Facial Recognition
According to a report from McClatchy DC, many stores are turning to a California-based company called FaceFirst for their facial recognition needs. When reached for comment, FaceFirst said it could not list its clients to Racked because of "customer NDAs and confidentiality agreements.

Companies that use such software upload photos of people they want to watch, like customers who've already shoplifted from their stores, disgruntled former employees, or persons of interest who can be found on local watch lists. FaceFirst's technology promises to know "the moment a shoplifter enters your store" and says brands that have used its services have seen a 34 percent reduction in theft.

FaceFirst says it can see past disguises like eyeglasses, hats, or wigs, and FaceFirst CEO Peter Trepp says the technology "can match a face against the database of 25 million people in just under a second."

This type of surveillance is becoming more prevalent in retail. In 2015, Walmart admitted it was using FaceFirst to catch shoplifters but said the program had since been terminated. In 2016, industry experts told Bloomberg that Macy's and Benetton use facial recognition technology, although both brands denied the report. In England, the BBC found that one in four stores used the technology.

Just two months ago, the ACLU reached out to 20 of the biggest stores in the US to ask if they use facial recognition technology, and published its findings online.

As the ACLU wrote in its report on facial recognition technology in retail, even shoppers who feel such security is beneficial should at least be made aware of it - especially considering that since the technology is so new, there is little regulation. racked.com

Walmart Shirks Privacy With Self-Checkout Videos, Suit Says
Walmart Inc. violates Golden State privacy law by using video cameras to record customers' facial features at self-checkout kiosks, according to a proposed class action that landed in California federal court on Monday.

"Defendant's video recording at its self-check-out kiosks captures customers' personal identification information, to wit, their eye color, hair color, and facial features, in conjunction with a credit card transaction," Valesquez says. "In so doing, defendant puts its customers at risk of the very dangers the Legislature sought to avoid [in enacting Song-Beverly]."

The device captured his likeness in much more detail than standard security footage taken by the traditional cameras scattered throughout the store, the consumer says. That's because the cameras aren't used exclusively for security purposes, but rather to provide Walmart with valuable biometric information about shoppers like Valesquez, according to the complaint.

"Defendant's video recording subjects consumers, including plaintiff, to the potential threat of onerous harassment, including but not limited to, identify theft, marketing campaigns, and unwelcome, distasteful, or otherwise threatening communications," Valesquez says. law360.com


McDonald's workers describe rampant harassment, workplace groping
and suggestive comments

Cooks and cashiers at McDonald's stores in eight states filed 10 complaints with the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission this week, alleging they have faced sexual harassment, assault and retaliation on the job.

The company said it did not tolerate misconduct. "At McDonald's Corporation, we are and have been committed to a culture that fosters the respectful treatment of everyone," McDonald's spokeswoman Terri Hickey said in a statement. "There is no place for harassment and discrimination of any kind in our workplace."

The #MeToo movement has turned a spotlight on workplace misconduct, starting with women in Hollywood. But workers in food services and retail file more than three times as many harassment complaints as those in higher-paying fields, according to a recent analysis of government data from the Center for American Progress, a left-leaning think tank in Washington.

A 2016 survey by Hart Research Associates found 40 percent of women in the fast-food industry say they've encountered unwanted sexual behavior at work, including suggestive comments and groping.

Complaints from the McDonald's workers were filed with financial support from the Time's Up Legal Defense Fund, a $21 million charity launched in January to support low-income workers who want to report sexual harassment. About 20,000 people have donated to the effort in the past five months.

The National Women's Law Center, the advocacy group running the fund, said it has received more than 2,700 requests for the assistance.

"They represent every type of job and industry you can think of," said Sharyn Tejani, director of the Time's Up Legal Defense Fund. "Frequently they write in all caps: 'SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME.' " washingtonpost.com

Shopping at Amazon Go
Launch the Amazon Go iOS app, scan the QR code into the gate reader and you can enter the store. It requires one scan at a time, per person, as they enter through the gates.

How the Amazon Go store works is there are a tonne of cameras in the ceiling tracking your movement around the store and it can determine when an item is removed-and put back on the shelf.

We put the system to the ultimate test, as our preschooler and his cousins went wild inside the Amazon Go store, picking up and putting back candy, cookies and whatever was on the bottom shelves.

By the time we left the store, about ten minutes later, the Amazon Go iOS app sent us a receipt-It was 100% accurate in determining what we 'left' the store with. Your trip time spent in the store is also noted.

The Amazon Go store is probably a dream come true for workers going on a lunch break and don't want to waste time standing in line to pay for food. Here, you just grab and go and it's the most frictionless shopping experience I've had to date. iphoneincanada.ca

    

Supreme Court Rules Employers Can Require Class-Action Waivers
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that employers could block their workers from joining together as a class to fight legal disputes in arbitration agreements. Instead, each employee must file an individual arbitration claim when a suspected violation arises

The opinion, delivered by Justice Neil Gorsuch, is seen as a major victory for employers and for the Trump Administration in the biggest business case of the term. cfo.com

$16M Counterfeit Bust at Storage Facility in South Texas

ULTA Beauty Director LP job was taken down from website

"American Dream Miami"
Miami-Dade approves 1.2M sq. ft. $4B megamall that would be largest in US


Albertsons to Test Amazon Go-Like Technology at Pumps & in Stores


Quarterly Results
Urban Outfitters Q1 comp's up 10%, total sales up 12.4%

Tiffany Q1 comp's up 7%, sales up 15%

Target Q1 comp's up 3%, online sales up 28%

The Container Store Q4 comp's up 2.7%, net sales up 5.3%, full yr comp's up 0.9%, net sales up 4.5%

Ralph Lauren Q4 North American comp's flat, revenue down 14%, European comp's down 6%, revenue up 13%, Asia comp's up 4%, revenue up 17%
Ralph Lauren Full Yr. North American revenue down 15%, Europe revenue up 3%, Asia revenue up 6%, Total company sales down 7%

Advanced Auto Q1 comp's down 0.8%, net sales down 0.6%

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Q1 comp's down 0.9%, sales up 0.2%


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R-CISC Intelligence Workshop Series Kicks Off in Ohio
One could argue that Ohio is a hot bed for retail and many of Ohio's best joined R-CISC staff last week to kick off its Intelligence Workshop series at a member company headquarters in Columbus. With more than 30 in attendance, the day was packed with informative and educational content stemming from the theme: Actioning on Threat Intelligence.

After an opening presentation from the host company, R-CISC's Tommy McDowell and Jennifer McGoldrick kicked off the workshop with a few questions to learn more about the challenges faced by participating companies and what they hoped to glean from the workshop. This icebreaker was followed by several informative presentations as well as meaningful dialogue from attendees with topics ranging from the threat landscape to leveraging R-CISC intelligence to better predict and prevent incoming threats. After the workshop, our staff reflected on some key takeaways:

#1. By and far, phishing is at the top of the list of threats that companies are challenged with mitigating

#2. R-CISC members want to know more about how to translate threat intelligence data into actionable insight

#3. We're all stronger when we 'Protect as One'. Naturally, we agree wholeheartedly with this workshop participant's closing comments and offer this as our third takeaway: "Intelligence by definition is the faculty of understanding; sharing means to divide, allocate, or receive equally. The risks we face, the budget constraints we endure are the same. Our customers shop at your stores and yours at ours. Regardless of how large or small our programs may be, when we share information, we all benefit."

All in all, the Ohio Workshop was a great way to commence the series! We'll be hosting three more sessions in Florida, Minnesota and Texas. To learn more about these locations, dates, or to register, check out www.r-cisc.org/eventr-cisc.org

America's Most Insecure Metros
Las Vegas Most Insecure Cyber City in US; St. Louis Least Vulnerable

10. Tampa - St. Petersburg
9. Orlando - Daytona Beach
8. West Palm Beach - Ft. Pierce
7. Jacksonville
6. Birmingham
5. Providence
4. Houston
3. Charlotte
2. Memphis
1. Las Vegas


Forty-three percent chance of users connecting to high or medium-risk networks in Las Vegas - compared to less than 1% risk in least vulnerable areas, Coronet says.

Turns out that what happens in Las Vegas actually happens in at least a couple of other places as well - from a cybersecurity standpoint.

Residents of the Las Vegas, Memphis, and Charlotte metro areas are at substantially higher risk of data theft and other cybersecurity incidents compared to residents in more than four-dozen other areas in the US.

Other risky cities and areas included Houston (9.2), Providence, RI (9.0), Birmingham, AL (9.0), and Jacksonville, FL (8.9). Rounding off the list of the Top 10 most insecure locations were three market areas in Florida - West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce (8.9), Orlando-Daytona Beach (8.5), and Tampa-St. Petersburg-Sarasota (8.3).

The Top 5 least vulnerable market areas were Greensboro-Winston Salem (6.2); Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News (6.2); Seattle-Tacoma (6.3) and St. Louis (6.3). With the Richmond-Petersburg area in Virginia being the least vulnerable.

Cloud security vendor Coronet recently analyzed network connectivity and device related data in the 55 most populated areas in the country and found Wi-Fi and cellular networks - and the devices connecting to them - to be the most insecure in these three areas, the new study shows. Full report requires registration
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GDPR 101: Keeping Data Safe Throughout the 'Supply Chain'
There are a lot of moving pieces involved with data collection, retention, and processing in the EU's new General Data Protection Regulation. Here's how to break down responsibilities between your security team and service providers.

Here are three examples of supply chain data you might not be considering but that could have GDPR impacts:

Your building's security desk that signs in visitors to your office, prints a badge, and gives it to the visitor, who later returns it upon leaving. Not only is data on the badge likely personal, but how you dispose of it, or how the security vendor handles it in its system, has GDPR implications.

Escalation personnel phone numbers of your European IT staff for the cloud service to which you subscribe. Phone numbers are personal data, and you need to ensure that they do not leave the cloud service to its downstream partners without your consent.

The event registration data you collected for that big marketing conference that includes dietary restrictions for attendees. Not only is the attendee registration data considered personal data, but you are now also collecting sensitive medical data by way of the dietary restrictions. Because of this, you need to track what the caterer is doing with the information that is provided.

As you can see with data collection, retention, and processing, there are a lot of moving pieces involved, and each of these parties comes into contact with personal data at some point along the line. Because of this, there's now a responsibility for both data processors (such as service providers) and data controllers (such as your organization) to work together in the case of a breach under GDPR. darkreading.com

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True Stories of Face Recognition and Retail Crime
Case 1: The Fake Budweiser Delivery Man

The first episode of FaceFirst's true retail crime series reveals the shocking true story of a man who dressed like a Budweiser delivery man to steal beer instead of delivering it. See how face recognition alerted loss prevention instantly and led to this creative criminal's apprehension.

Retail shrink is a $45 billion problem each year, and facial recognition is already helping major retailers reduce external shrink by up to 34% and in-store violence by 91%. These are the real-life stories of how face recognition has helped loss prevention pros capture some of the world's most notorious retail criminals.

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Nine out of 10 of Canadian companies suffered a cybersecurity breach in 2017
Half not confident they can defend against them

Canadian organizations are attacked in varying degrees of severity more than 450 times per year, with 87 per cent suffering at least one successful breach. Almost half (46 per cent) are not confident in their ability to defend against attacks.

Of the companies that suffered a security breach, 47 per cent had sensitive data stolen. One in five breaches were classified as "high impact," where sensitive customer or employee information was exposed. 36 per cent of respondents are not confident in their company's ability to respond to security breaches. The average company spends $3.7 million in direct and indirect costs to recover from security breaches. canadiansecuritymag.com

Canadian Tire employees fired for parking receipt scam
A group of Canadian Tire employees in B.C. found out the hard way that petty theft from an employer is sufficient grounds to be fired, with no compensation for years of service. An internal investigation found that the long-time employees had scammed the company's customer parking reimbursement policy, which compensates customers who pay to park while they shop.

The company discovered that some of the store's cashiers were paying out janitors for parking receipts they had found in the parking lot - for an amount currently worth $2.25 at one location - over the course of a year.

After Canadian Tire fired them, some of the employees, most of whom had worked for the company for more than 11 years, filed complaints with the director of employment standards. The employees denied the allegations. cbc.ca

Ontario gov't plans to track retail sales electronically to reduce tax fraud
It's called the Revenue Integrity Act, and it states that businesses must record their sales using an "electronic cash register that meets prescribed requirements," with fines of up to $10,000 for those who don't comply. A spokesperson for Finance Minister Charles Sousa said the goal is to allow the government to raise an estimated $500-million of revenue annually from businesses that hide their sales. theglobeandmail.com

Store Openings in Canada
Kix Mobile to Enter Canada with Aggressive Expansion
William Ashley Unveils Impressive New Bloor Street Store
Clinique Opens 1st Standalone Canadian Store
'SOIA & KYO' to Open First-Ever Retail Location
Souls Harbour Rescue Mission to open thrift store
Planet Organics set for Park outlet opening
Strellson Officially Opens New Canadian Flagship on Toronto's Mink Mile
Wayfair to open its first Canadian warehouse in Mississauga, Ont.






Edmonton 7-Eleven blasts music to discourage panhandling






Walmart cuts Weston as bread supplier months after price-fixing allegations

Canadian retail sales rose in March
Economists still see Bank of Canada holding off interest rate increase until July


New study says Toronto trails only New York as likeliest spot for Amazon's new HQ

Less than half of Calgary businesses prepared for major disaster or emergency

Le Château plans 20 more store closures as e-commerce hits business
 

Health food store raided by police nets $100K in drugs, mountain of charges
A 44-year-old man faces multiple charges after city police raided a south Edmonton health food store, seizing over $100,000 in drugs, including steroids. The city police southwest division special projects team began investigating the owner of the store in late 2017 after a report that steroids were being trafficked. Investigators executed a search warrant before seizing various drugs with an estimated street value of nearly $105,000. Neighbouring employees at businesses in the area on Wednesday afternoon saw police arrest a man and remove items from the location. Sarbjit Kahlon is charged with nine counts of possession for the purposes of trafficking, two counts of trafficking and two counts of possession. edmontonjournal.com

Toronto, ON: Robbery suspects flee after rollover downtown crash
Police are looking for two suspects after a woman allegedly stole merchandise from a Coach store in Yorkville and later caused a spectacular crash on Saturday morning. According to police, the woman stole a bag from the shop and fled in a car driven by a man. Witnesses at the store say the woman claimed to have a gun and the incident lasted just a few minutes. The suspects fled in a silver vehicle and were seen driving erratically by witnesses on Bloor. Soon after, around 11 a.m., they reportedly ran a red light and crashed into a white car. The suspect vehicle flipped on its roof and the woman along with the man who was driving allegedly climbed out and ran away in different directions before police arrived. The four occupants in the white car were uninjured. citynews.ca

Vancouver, BC: Liquor Distribution employee arrested in theft of $100K in liquor

Thunder Bay, ON: Security guard injured after attempted booze theft

Sylvan Lake, AB: Four people facing 88 charges in stolen credit card and counterfeiting operation

Guelph, ON: Man charged after slew of gas, licence plate, hardware store thefts

Winnipeg, MB: Police charge man in connection with theft, break-in, assault of security guard

Langley, BC: Woman defecate on restaurant floor, throw feces at employee

Mississauga, ON: Pedestrian critically injured in hit-and-run outside mall

New Minas, NS: Owner flees scene after dog attacks pet store employee


Robberies and Burglaries

C-Store - Chatham, ON - Armed Robbery/Shooting
Coach - Toronto, ON - Robbery

Coastal Cannapy Dispensary - Halifax, NS - Burglary
Jewelry Store - Brampton, ON - Burglary
Liquor Store - St. John's, NL - Robbery




 


 







 

 


















































 


 

'Live in NYC 2018' Top 5

#3

Digital Loss Prevention

Harnessing the Power of Social Media

Bob Oberosler, Group VP of AP, Rite Aid


As retailers cope with limited budgets in this digital age, how is LP evolving and how do we continue to improve performance with what appears to be decreasing resources?

Bob Oberosler, Group Vice President of Asset Protection for Rite Aid
, shares where he thinks the industry is going and how LP/AP teams can harness the power of social media, crowd sourcing, and artificial intelligence to fight retail crime and reduce shrink.
 

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Mobile fraud up 680% since 2015, RSA reports
Mobile Fraud Soars as Social Sites Help Scammers

Fake profiles and throw-away devices are transforming social media into a cyber criminal marketplace, a fraud report reveals.

Phishing continues to dominate the fraud landscape, accounting for nearly half of all attacks, but mobile fraud has jumped 650% over the past three years, according to RSA Security.

The security vendor's Q1 2018 Fraud Report found phishing to account for 48% of all attacks during the quarter, followed by Trojans (24%) and brand abuse (21%).

The report uncovered a decline in use of traditional web browsers to conduct fraud, 62% in 2015 to 35% today, whilst the mobile app's share of fraudulent transactions has risen from 5% to 39% over the same period.

Some 82% of fraudulent e-commerce transactions spotted by RSA originated from a new device in Q1 2018, indicating the lengths scammers are going to in order to avoid detection.

RSA also confirmed the increasing role of legitimate social networks in unwittingly helping fraudsters to sell their wares.  infosecurity-magazine.com computerweekly.com


Alibaba claims 'notable improvements' in its IP protection
Alibaba achieved "notable improvements" in its IP protection efforts with an increase in registered brands and rights holders and faster response times to takedown requests.

The e-commerce giant revealed the improvements as part of its annual IP protection report during a summit in Seattle. It comes just weeks after the company announced it had recruited 105 brands to joins its Alibaba Anti-Counterfeiting Alliance (AACA).

The number of notice and takedown requests submitted by rights holders declined 42% year-over-year, despite a 17% increase in the number of registered accounts on Alibaba's IPP Platform.

Alibaba said its technology, which can detect and remove illicit listings before they appear on its platforms, proactively removed 27 times more listings than were processed, with 97% of all proactive takedowns occurred before a single sale occurred. thedrum.com

Trump pressures USPS to raise Amazon's rates

The Vitamin Shoppe Turns To eCommerce, Subscriptions To Supplement Brick-And-Mortar Business

Ahold Delhaize will launch dedicated e-commerce unit

Nordstrom's online sales grow 18% in Q1

Adobe buys Magento for $1.68 Billion to target e-Commerce








The Loss Prevention Foundation Announces ORC Certificate
Course Webinar Sponsored by Tyco Retail Solutions

Join us May 24th at 3:00 PM EST as the Loss Prevention Foundation launches its first 2018 webinar discussing the benefits of LPF Membership and have an inside look to the newest LPF Certificate Course on Organized Retail Crime.

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CC Cloning Gang Member - Syracuse Woman Sentenced to 51M in Fed Prison
Taylor Boyd-White Used Stolen Credit Card Numbers for Two Years.

Many of the stolen credit card accounts were purchased from computer hackers located overseas. She and her co-conspirators used the cloned credit cards to purchase thousands of dollars in merchandise and prepaid gift cards. Members of the conspiracy later used these to purchase United States Postal Service money orders, which they converted to cash. Boyd-White's criminal conduct spanned from 2014 through 2016 and took place in Syracuse, as well as the state of Georgia. justice.gov

Montrose, CO: Burglar makes off with $60,000 in cash and merchandise
from The Smoke Shop

Grand Junction Police are investigating a Burglary of The Smoke Shop between midnight Friday and 2 a.m. Saturday. Thieves made off with nearly $60,000 in cash and merchandise, including cartons of cigarettes, vape pens, marijuana grinders, glass pipes, smoking water pipes and other drug-use accessories. gjsentinel.com



Oak Brook, IL: Burglars grab $50K in Louis Vuitton merchandise after smashing an SUV into the store
Tuesday morning, mall security informed Oak Brook Police that a white GMC Terrain was slammed into the Louis Vuitton store's front door to gain access. The burglars, who wore masks and gloves, took handbags and luggage valued at more than $50,000. abc7chicago.com


Mount Prospect, IL: Three Women Scam Michael's Store out of $10K in Gift Cards
Police responded to Michael's, on 4/20, for a retail theft report. The manager told police three women entered the store and scammed the cashier into activating $10,624.95 worth of gift cards. The manager then said the women left the store with 13 of the 21 activated cards and a shopping cart full of merchandise. journal-topics.com

Pierre, SD: Woman gets 24 days in jail, must pay back $2,327 in Walmart self-checkout thefts
Jill Kenzy was ordered to pay back Walmart $2,326.83 for what she admitted was a series of such thefts over several months and to serve two years of supervised probation. When she pleaded guilty in March, Kenzy said she paid only "a couple hundred dollars," for those items worth $1,084 in January, by "palming" the wrong bar code stickers to ring up the sale at much lower prices than the items were marked. She was arrested that night. Walmart officials decided to check up on her debit card and discovered she had pulled the same switch before several times. As part of her guilty plea in March to the Jan. 9 theft, Kenzy agreed to pay a total of $2,326.83 in restitution to Walmart and prosecutors did not charge her with the previous thefts. capjournal.com

Putnam County, NY: Shoplifter banned from Michaels steals $2K
from Brewster, NY store

Dennis Eisenberg is not allowed to step foot in a Michaels store. Police said that didn't stop him from getting his art and craft supplies in Putnam County, though. Despite being banned from all of the national chain's locations, Eisenberg went into the Michaels store at 100-B Independent Way in Southeast in April and stole more than $2,000 worth of merchandise, state police said on Tuesday. Eisenberg, a 55-year-old Bronx resident, has previous arrests after being accused of stealing from Michaels stores, so a cease-and-desist order had been issued to bar him from all of the retailer's locations, police said. On April 28, though, police began investigating whether Eisenberg had stolen items from the Michaels in Southeast, and he was arrested on Monday and charged with third-degree burglary and fourth-degree grand larceny, both felonies. lohud.com

Manchester, NH: Police seek men in $8K credit card fraud probe; card used at Best Buy, Staples and GameStop

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Shootings, Bomb Threats & Deaths

Harris County, TX: Man shot, killed during robbery outside a Mobile station
Tuesday night, Deputy Constables. responded at 10:30 p.m. to a call of a shooting at the Mobile gas station located Kuykendahl and Ella. According to homicide investigators, witnesses told them two to four males approached the victim as he parked and was getting out of his car at the store. They held him at gun point robbing him. As the victim tried to flee, one of the suspects shot him, deputies said. The victim was able to stumble into the store where he later died. khou.com

Wichita, KS: Armed Robbery suspect shot and wounded by Liquor store employee


Robberies & Thefts

Lincoln, NE: Judge finds suspect in store Robbery not responsible
by reason of insanity

Police said Thomas Hibler pulled out a folding knife, demanded money from clerks at the Kwik Shop, then ran from the store in cosmic-cat pajama pants. journalstar.com

ALERT: A Distraction Theft Crew is traveling through NC, SC, GA and AL
The following is a list of locations victimized by the crew:
- Jared Vault in Concord, NC
- Helzberg Diamonds in Greenville, SC
- Kay Jewelers in Anderson, SC
- Zales Outlet in Commerce, GA

Kay Jewelers in the Henry Town Center, McDonough, GA reported a Grab & Run on 5/22, item valued at $3,299

Kay Jewelers in the Tanger Outlet Centers, Commerce, GA reported a Grab & Run on 5/22, item valued at $4,499

Zales in the Eastdale Mall, Montgomery, AL reported a Distraction Theft on 5/19, item value at $14,598

Lower Macungie Township, PA: Walmart shoplifter led State Police on High Speed Chase; ends in wreck that injured a passenger; $300 of merchandise

Osaka, Japan: 4 Members of student Shoplifting Gang admit to 400 thefts last year; resold goods valued at $64,000

Melbourne, AU: Michael Hill Jewelers hit by Smash & Grab thief; customer films in disbelief


Skimming Thefts


Cuban skimming duo faces two dozen charges over $74K operation
A couple from Cuba faces over two dozen criminal charges in connection with a credit card skimming scheme. Yuvann Luis Noa and his wife, Marzolis Menes Tur, were arrested last month in McAllen. Police say they installed skimmers at gas pumps and used the information they collected to steal over $74,000. KRGV's Cecilia Gutierrez has more on how you can avoid falling victim. krgv.com


Lowndes County, GA: Venezuelans found with skimming devices & stacks of credit cards

Alabama launches task force to combat skimming


Bomb Threats

Chatham County, GA: CVS Robber claimed to have a Pipe Bomb
Chatham County Police are trying to track down a man who claimed to have a pipe bomb when he robbed a CVS. Officers were called to the store at Ogeechee and Cottonvale roads just after 8:00 a.m. Tuesday. Police say the suspect showed a note to a store clerk and demanded money. He also threatened the manager by saying he had a pipe bomb. wjcl.com

Waupaca, WI: Bomb threats called in to several Dollar General stores


Counterfeit

Oakland, CA: Federal agents bust pop-up vendors selling counterfeit Warriors merchandise

Seattle, WA: How counterfeit merchandise poses risks to your health and safety


Credit Card Fraud

Trenton, NJ: Woman pleads guilty to $250,000 Credit card scheme; 10 victims of identity theft


Sentencings

Ringleaders sentenced in massive $30M Interstate cargo theft case in Louisville-based gang
Twelve defendants convicted of stealing more than $30 million in cargo for Louisville-based crime syndicate between 2012 and 2015.

Santos, Freire, Perez, and Hernandez were named, along with nine others, in a 23 Count indictment alleging that between August 2012 and May 2015, the members of the conspiracy traveled from various locations throughout the United States to Virginia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and other U.S. States in order to steal property being transported in interstate commerce by semi-tractor trailers. Members of the group would then transport the stolen trailers full of merchandize to locations in Kentucky, New Jersey, Florida, and elsewhere, and sell the stolen merchandise for financial gain. 

At the sentencing hearings on Friday, the court talked about the sophistication of this theft ring. Specifically, the court heard that the co-conspirators would travel long distances to reconnoiter distribution facilities used by various national companies to distribute high-end electronics, clothing, pharmaceuticals and cigarettes, among other products. The group would conduct surveillance of the facility, locate and follow semi-tractor trailers leaving the distribution facilities, and then steal the entire semi-tractor and trailer when the driver of the cargo load would stop at a truck stop to rest or refuel.

The loads targeted by the crime syndicate included truckloads of T-Mobile cellular telephones, Samsung appliances, Ralph Lauren clothing, Dell Computers, HP computers, Pfizer pharmaceuticals, Mead Johnson baby formula, Lorillard cigarettes, and one truckload of LG cellular telephones valued at $11.9 million.

Gang members were sentenced from 40 months to as high as 150 months in federal prison. justice.gov

 

AM/PM - Chico, CA - Armed Robbery
AM/PM - Olympia, WA - Armed Robbery
CVS - Queens, NY - Armed Robbery
CVS - Chatham, GA - Armed Robbery/ Bomb threat
CVS - Dunkirk, MD - Robbery
Check Into Cash - Livermore, CA - Armed Robbery
Family Dollar Owensboro, KY - Burglary
Gas Station - Houston, TX - Robbery / suspect shot & killed
Grocery - Stockton, CA - Robbery
Gun Store - St Louis County, MO - Burglary
Liquor Store - Wichita, KS - Armed Robbery/suspect shot
Louis Vuitton - Oak Brook, IL - Burglary
McDonalds - Olympia, WA - Robbery
Restaurant - Fairbanks, AK - Burglary
Smoke Shop - Montrose, CO - Burglary
Speedway - Merrillville, IN - Robbery
Walgreens - San Diego, CA - Armed Robbery
7-Eleven - Colorado Springs, CO - Armed Robbery
 

 

Daily Totals:
13 robberies
5 burglaries
2 shootings
1 killing

 

 



 





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