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Dave Adelman promoted to Director of Loss Prevention for HMSHost
Previously, Dave was the Regional LP Manager for the retailer for over six years. He's also held other investigations positions including Sr Manager of Investigations for GUESS?, National Investigations Manager for Charming Shoppes, Sr. Investigator for KB Toys and Regional Investigator for Ames Department Stores. Congratulations Dave!

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How Gap Inc.'s LP Leader Also Helps Preserve the Planet

NRF Podcast Interview with Keith White, EVP of Loss Prevention
& Global Sustainability, Gap Inc.


Keith White has a unique title and position. As the executive vice president of loss prevention and global sustainability at Gap Inc., the skills and knowledge acquired through a career in loss prevention help him look at the bigger picture - much bigger than just himself or the company. "I feel like there's a better nexus between global sustainability and loss prevention," he says: In one way he's charged with the responsibility to protect the planet, in the other he's working to preserve it. On this episode, White joins the Retail Gets Real team to discuss emerging trends in the loss prevention world and how the apparel retailer is taking corporate social responsibility to the next level.

White sees three emerging trends in LP. First, active shooter and other emergency incidents are a growing threat. He stresses the importance of proper training for retail stores, team members, corporate headquarters and everyone on the supply chain so they are prepared to respond appropriately in emergency incidents. The opioid epidemic is "driving people who are educated and have access to wealth to make decisions or to do things that they typically wouldn't do," White says, "whether it's shoplifting behavior or it's violent behavior." He urges those in loss prevention to understand the effect the drug has on their businesses."

And he sees a rise in a lack of civility; the behavior of customers, and even employees in some cases, can get out of hand when they feel offended. "It just takes the slightest thing to set people off," he says. Store employees must be trained to deal with escalated customer behaviors.

Beyond protecting the enterprise, White has a message for those in loss prevention: "If you're singularly focused on just LP, and you're really good at it, you just might be at risk," he says, encouraging LP employees to be interested in topics beyond the field. "You don't want to be that person where they only see you as being one dimensional." At Gap, White took on more corporate projects including business continuity planning, which allowed him to hone the skills that opened the door to bigger projects. nrf.com

Company Payouts in Background-Check Class Actions Top $326 Million
Some of America's largest employers -- including Amazon, Target, Uber and Wells Fargo -- have routinely snooped on job applicants' credit records, legal histories and other personal matters in violation of federal rules, according to a corporate watchdog group. The revelations surfaced in a raft of class actions in recent years alleging that big companies improperly conducted background checks while vetting hundreds of thousands of prospective employees, according to Good Jobs First, which tracks corporate misconduct.

The group said this litigation led to employers paying out a total of $174 million over the past decade in settlements. Another $152 million was paid by background-check companies that provided those reports to employers. Job candidates sued the companies under the employment provisions of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), a federal law that seeks to ensure the accuracy, privacy and fairness of information on file with consumer reporting agencies, such as credit bureaus.

Since 2011 more than 40 employers have paid out FCRA employment settlements of $1 million or more. In one of the largest cases, Wells Fargo paid $12 million in 2016 to thousands of applicants. Other large payouts by well-known companies include: Target ($8.5 million), Uber Technologies ($7.5 million), Amazon.com ($5 million), Home Depot ($3 million), and Domino's Pizza ($2.5 million). cbsnews.com prnewswire.com

Should Retailers Hire More Ex-Cons?
With unemployment rates at or near historic lows, retailers sometimes look in different places to find good workers. According to a recent piece from Bloomberg, restaurant operators such as MOD Pizza, McDonald's and Firehouse Subs are hiring ex-criminals in order to fill the worker gap.

The website, 70 Million Jobs, is a job board that helps those with criminal records get hired. The site says they look for those who have been out of prison awhile and able to stay out of further trouble. Low-level drug offenders are eligible; those convicted of more serious crimes typically aren't. There seem to be other websites offering the same service and it appears that many mainstream retailers are now hiring former convicts.

A Fast Company piece says that 60 to 75 percent of those released from incarceration remain unemployed a year after their release. But, according to a poll cited in the same article, 78 percent of Americans are comfortable buying goods/services from a company that hires ex-cons. retailwire.com

Criminals are using deepfakes to impersonate CEOs,
and businesses are largely defenseless - for now

In the first signs of a mounting threat, criminals are starting to use deepfakes - starting with AI-generated audio - to impersonate CEOs and steal millions from companies, which are largely unprepared to combat them.

Why it matters: Nightmare scenarios abound. As deepfakes grow more sophisticated, a convincing forgery could send a company's stock plummeting (or soaring), to extract money or to ruin its reputation in a viral instant.

Imagine a convincing fake video or audio clip of Elon Musk, say, disclosing a massive defect the day before a big Tesla launch - the company's share price would crumple.

What's happening:
For all the talk about fake videos, it's deepfake audio that has emerged as the first real threat to the private sector.

Symantec, a major cybersecurity company, says it has seen three successful audio attacks on private companies. In each, a company's "CEO" called a senior financial officer to request an urgent money transfer. Scammers were mimicking the CEOs' voices with an AI program that had been trained on hours of their speech - culled from earnings calls, YouTube videos, TED talks and the like. Millions of dollars were stolen from each company, whose names were not revealed. The attacks were first reported in the BBC.

Big picture: This threat is just beginning to emerge. Video and audio deepfakes are improving at a frightening pace and are increasingly easy to make. There's been an uptick in sophisticated audio attacks over the past year, says Vijay Balasubramaniyan, CEO of Pindrop, a company that protects call centers from scammers.

But businesses aren't ready, experts tell Axios. "I don't think corporate infrastructure is prepared for a world where you can't trust the voice or video of your colleague anymore," says Henry Ajder of Deeptrace, a deepfakes-detection startup.

Even if companies were clamoring for defenses, few tools exist to keep harmful deepfakes at bay, says Symantec's Saurabh Shintre. The challenge of automatically spotting a deepfake is almost insurmountable, and there are hurdles still ahead for a promising alternative: creating a digital breadcrumb trail for unaltered media. axios.com

Interactive Map: Here's where the US government is using facial recognition technology to surveil Americans
Across the US, government use of facial recognition technology, which critics say poses a serious threat to Americans' civil liberties, is on the rise. A new report released Thursday from digital rights advocacy group Fight for the Future visualizes how often US law enforcement agencies use this software to scan through millions of Americans' photos - often without their knowledge or consent.

While the map isn't exhaustive, it is one of the most comprehensive guides showing how common and widespread facial recognition use is becoming. The map compiles existing data from the Center on Privacy and Technology at Georgetown Law, news reports, press releases, and other sources - showing where and how the government is applying facial recognition, as well as legislative challenges to the tech's rollout.

Some examples: In several states, including Texas, Florida, and Illinois, the FBI is allowed to use facial recognition technology to scan through DMV databases of drivers' license photos. In many US airports, Customs and Border Protection now uses facial recognition to screen passengers on international flights. And in cities such as Baltimore, police have used facial recognition software to identify and arrest individuals at protests. vox.com


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Judge dismisses lawsuit against Shaw's by family of woman murdered at Saco store
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Shaw's supermarkets brought by the family of a woman who was murdered by a knife-wielding attacker inside the company's Saco store in August 2015.

Wendy Boudreau, a 59-year-old grandmother, was grocery shopping when she was attacked by Connor MacCalister, 35. Boudreau died of her wounds and MacCalister pleaded guilty to murder less than two months later and was given a life sentence, which MacCalister requested.

The suit was brought by Jeffrey Boudreau, Wendy Boudreau's husband, and the personal representative to her estate. The action was filed in 2017 in U.S. District Court in Portland, and sought damages from the Massachusetts-based supermarket chain because Boudreau suffered conscious pain and suffering between the time of the attack and her moment of death at a nearby hospital, and alleged that the supermarket was culpable in Boudreau's wrongful death and had a duty to prevent it.

After extensive litigation, discovery and depositions, Judge D. Brock Hornby ruled Thursday that despite an extensive record of MacCalister's odd and sometimes disturbing behavior at or near the supermarket, Shaw's management could not have reasonably foreseen MacCallister's attack. journaltribune.com

Mooresville, NC: Lowe's employees fill pails with disaster relief supplies
What began as a Lowe's Home Improvement corporate response to Hurricane Harvey three years ago has transformed into an annual volunteer event that continued last week in Mooresville. The third annual Bucket Brigade occurred July 17 at Lowe's headquarters in southern Iredell County. More than 1,300 volunteers contributed time and energy throughout the day toward the assembly of 20,000 buckets filled with disaster relief supplies. To date, the Bucket Brigade has filled 55,000 buckets during its three years of volunteerism and catastrophe contributions.

Volunteers from corporate headquarters and the Statesville distribution center worked in teams to assemble the bucket donations. Each bucket contained various home improvement and cleaning supplies - trash bags, cleaning wipes, safety glasses, insect repellant, sponges, dish soap and more. All items, including the buckets and lids, were donated by Lowe's partners.

The completed buckets will go into storage in Statesville, ready for delivery nationwide during times of immense need. Previous years' buckets aided in relief efforts during Hurricane Florence, which destroyed parts of the North Carolina coast in 2018 and California wild fires. mooresvilletribune.com

Walmart announces executive shuffle to further integrate stores and digital
Walmart is making further organizational changes to further integrate its store and digital operations and leadership, according to a memo obtained by CNBC. The changes bring the U.S. supply chain teams together, led by Greg Smith, current executive vice president of Walmart U.S. supply chain. Smith will jointly report to Greg Foran, who runs Walmart's U.S. stores, and Marc Lore, who runs Walmart's U.S. e-commerce business. cnbc.com

Domino's says Americans With Disabilities Act shouldn't apply online
Domino's, backed by the nation's largest retailers and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, is making its case before the Supreme Court that protections granted consumers under the Americans With Disabilities Act should not apply equally to online operations. The chain is arguing that the ADA passed in 1990 did not even consider websites in its language and mobile apps didn't even exist. retailwire.com

 


Penney denies report of hiring advisors to restructure debt

All Dressbarn stores will go dark by yearend

Ross Stores Opens 28 New Locations Across in 10 States

South Africa: Shoprite has created its own private security force - after being robbed nearly 500 times last year
 

Last week's #1 article --

North Face "flash mob" part of a growing trend in organized retail crime
"Roughly half (48.5 percent) of survey respondents said ORC gangs are exhibiting more aggression than they did the previous year," according to the National Retail Federation.  

Those aggressive tactics were on display in Kenosha County recently when what police characterized as "a flash mob" of 10 men rushed into the North Face store at Pleasant Prairie Premium Outlets July 1, grabbing armfuls of coats and jackets - an estimated $30,000 in merchandise - before running from the store and fleeing in waiting cars. The theft took less than 30 seconds. kenoshanews.com


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Equifax to Pay at Least $650 Million in Largest Data-Breach Settlement Ever
Credit-reporting firm's 2017 hack exposed personal data of 150 million Americans

The credit bureau Equifax will pay at least $650 million and potentially significantly more to end an array of state, federal and consumer claims over a 2017 data breach that exposed the sensitive information of more than 148 million people. The breach was one of the most potentially damaging in an ever-growing list of digital thefts.

The settlement, which was announced on Monday and still needs court approval, would be the largest ever paid by a company over a data breach. The deal requires Equifax to put a minimum of $380.5 million into a restitution fund for American consumers who file claims showing that they were financially harmed.

A portion of that money will pay for lawyers' fees, but at least $300 million must go to victims, according to settlement documents filed in federal court in Atlanta. If the initial cash is depleted, the company will add up to $125 million more to settle consumers' claims, bringing the total fund size to more than $500 million.

Equifax also agreed to provide up to 10 years of free credit monitoring services to those who had their data exposed. The settlement assumes that around 7 million people will sign up for that service. If more do, Equifax's costs for providing it could rise meaningfully. Details about the settlement are posted at equifaxbreachsettlement.com, a website set up by the group that will handle claims.

Equifax will pay an additional $175 million in fines to end investigations by 50 attorneys general. Forty-eight states - all except Indiana and Massachusetts, which separately filed their own lawsuits against Equifax - are part of the deal, along with the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. nytimes.com

New Report Shows Digital Criminals Made Off With $45 Billion in 2018
A new report on cyber attack trends that combines information from a number of high-level sources has just been released, and it reveals a startling amount of cyber crime growth. The report from the Internet Society's Online Trust Alliance (OTA) reveals that although overall incidents of cyber crime are actually down across the board, the financial impact is way up. The $45 billion stolen in 2018 alone accounts for over a third of the entire cyber crime take since 2013.

What the cyber attack trends report tells us

The report highlights both positive and negative impacts in 2018. Many of the most common types of attacks - ransomware, data breaches, and DDoS - were actually down in terms of overall count in 2018. But the financial damage done by many attack types was up significantly. Ransomware losses rose by 60% in spite of the downturn in overall incidents, business email compromise losses rose by a staggering 200%, and there were three times as many cryptojacking incidents.

One thing that all of this data on cyber attack trends suggests is that criminals are shifting from large-scale, indiscriminate attempts on lots of individuals to more focused attacks directed specifically at businesses that have significant resources. cpomagazine.com

Business owners prioritize investment in technology over upskilling
Business owners say their strategy is to prioritize investing in technology (52%) over upskilling (24%) their workforce, according to Adecco. The research titled, People, Technology and the Future of Upskilling, which surveyed 500 managers, directors, and business owners at SMEs, found that this focus on investing in technology over upskilling is not necessarily shared across all roles in the business.

Just 28% of middle managers and 33% of directors prioritize investment in technology over upskilling. This is compared to 34% and 45% respectively who say their focus is on investing in upskilling its workforce over technology.

The majority of businesses (94%) recognize that technology is transforming the skills their company needs over the next three years. It was revealed that middle managers (43%) are more likely than business owners (35%) to think that technology will require increased training and development for the workforce.

Worryingly, 43% of businesses admit that they're unable to provide relevant training due to budget restrictions. helpnetsecurity.com

Mirai Malware Groups Target Business IoT Devices
More than 30% of Mirai attacks, and an increasing number of variants of the malicious malware, are going after enterprise IoT devices, raising the stakes for business. The groups behind Mirai and variants of the Internet of Things (IoT) device infector are increasingly targeting businesses, with nearly one-third of attacks in recent months focusing on devices commonly used inside companies, IBM's X-Force security research group says.

"If your organization is using IoT devices, or if you're unsure of its use of IoT devices, you should be concerned," says Charles DeBeck, senior cyberthreat intelligence analyst at IBM. "Threat actors are actively targeting this space and developing malware for it, which indicates not only a capability to target IoT, but also that targeting it would be profitable. This means IoT malware isn't going away anytime soon." darkreading.com

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Jeff Bezos celebrates the biggest Prime Day in Amazon history
by standing on top of the company's massive glass spheres

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos apparently celebrated the close of Prime Day on Tuesday by standing on top of the Amazon spheres, a group of three giant glass-enclosed structures at the company's headquarters in Seattle.

The billionaire founder of Amazon posted a photo of himself to Instagram on Tuesday wearing climbing ropes and an Amazon-branded hard hat at the top of one of the three spheres, which stand up to 95 feet high. He held a sign over his head that read: "THANK YOU."

"I love my job and tap dance into work every day, but not usually on top of The Spheres," Bezos wrote in a caption accompanying the photo. "Huge thank you to Prime members everywhere and to the incredible Amazonians who made Prime Day work."

Amazon said it sold more than 175 million items over the 48-hour event, which started Monday. Last year, the event lasted 36 hours, during which Amazon sold about 100 million items. businessinsider.com

E-commerce platforms used for domain spoofing against Best Buy
Taking down obviously malicious domains can be an arduous process, even when those sites are spoofing one of the most well-known brands in America.

Two domains that spoofed retailer Best Buy remain online, despite repeated attempts to report the sites to their e-commerce hosting providers. The domain spoofing was first discovered by researchers at Segasec, an Israeli cybersecurity startup that tracked the emergence of phishing sites and malicious domains prior to busy U.S. shopping periods around Mother's Day and Memorial Day.

Segasec said it found 160 new domains related to three brands -- Walmart, Wayfair and Best Buy -- that its researchers deemed "highly suspicious." The company provided sample data to SearchSecurity, which include eight suspicious domains and details about their registrars, hosts, certificates and more.

Segasec said its research showed how easy it is for threat actors to capitalize on high-volume shopping periods through domain spoofing. But these sites also show how phishers and scammers use many enterprise services that help disguise the sites as legitimate destinations instead of fraudulent domains -- and how difficult it can be to get those domains taken down. techtarget.com

eBay's New Managed Payments Fee Raises Seller Outrage
Sellers on the eBay marketplace are dead set on leaving and selling on another marketplace, or even at a flea market, if eBay makes its new managed payments service mandatory by 2021.

ebay logoThey resorted to this decision after receiving an email from the eCommerce company last
Monday telling them that they will be charged a per listing transaction fee of $0.25 starting Oct 1st this year.

Some sellers, especially those who sell multiple items from various listings, took to eBay's discussion boards to express their disappointment at the company and its lack of concern for them, particularly on the additional cost they will have to shoulder. esellercafe.com

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Miami, FL: Burglars Lift $2 Million Worth Of Body-Shaping 'Faja' Undergarments
These burglars came prepared. They cut a hole through the concrete roof and shimmied down into the warehouse. They disabled the alarms. They escaped with $2 million worth of goods. The stolen booty: 34,000 pairs of high-end fajas, a Spanx-like undergarment popular in Miami's Hispanic community. The robbery took place last year and was only made public recently. David Ovalle, a Miami Herald journalist, has been reporting the story from South Florida. Detectives from Miami-Dade's Cargo Theft Unit noticed black market sellers exchanging garbage bags of fajas and were able to uncover the operation. Still, the burglars behind the estimated $2 million plunder have yet to be found. knau.org

Richland County, SC: 3 Shipping Company Employees stole more than $23K in Home Depot merchandise
On July 5, Richland County deputies were contacted by Home Depot Organized Retail Theft investigators and Lexington County deputies about an ongoing theft investigation. Authorities from Home Depot told investigators that merchandise was being transported from their distribution center in West Columbia by Estes Express Line to various retail stores. However, vendors had noticed that items listed as being billed for transport were not showing up as inventory to be sold. The investigation led Richland and Lexington deputies to execute a search warrant at the home of Cody Bessinger, who was an employee of Estes Express Line at the time. During the search, deputies discovered more than $23,000 worth of stolen Rheem tankless water heaters. A subsequent investigation found that the theft had been going on for over a year and that two other Managers of the Estes Express Line were also involved in the scheme. wltx.com
 

Santa Clara County, CA: Deputies seize Over $5,000 worth of merchandise stolen from Walgreens and other South Bay stores
More than $5,000 of stolen items from a variety of South Bay stores have been located, according to the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office. A deputy was conducting a follow-up investigation for a prior burglary at Walgreens in Cupertino. The deputy reportedly saw to women exit the store with large bags around their shoulders when the clerk alerted the deputy of the theft. The deputy stopped and searched the car that the suspects were driving. Both Quintasia Troupe-White and Tiffany Love were on probation for burglary and theft-related offenses. The photos provided show only half of what was stolen. A large amount was returned to Walgreens. kron4.com

La Quinta, CA: Brooklyn trio arrested at a California Home Depot for Credit Card Fraud; Committed fraud at numerous Home Depots
The three suspects were arrested at Home Depot, Tuesday at 10 p.m. According to the Riverside County Sheriff', an investigation revealed the trio committed credit card fraud and theft at Home Depots in the Coachella Valley, Riverside County, Orange County, and Los Angeles County. Authorities said they found equipment used to make fraudulent credit cards along with stolen property, valued at $1,500, after a search of the trio's hotel room and vehicle. kesq.com

Petaluma, CA: Tool Thief Flees Traffic Stop, Eludes Capture, Driver Arrested
One suspect is on the loose and another has been arrested following a theft at a hardware store in Petaluma on Sunday evening, according to the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office. The suspects allegedly walked out of the Friedman's Home Improvement around 7 p.m. with a variety of power tools and fled in a black Chevrolet Corvette. The 70 year old driver was arrested at a traffic stop, while the passenger (28 years old and known to police) fled into the woods. sfgate.com

Melbourne, Australia: Alleged Baby Formula Theft Ring busted; 5 suspects arrested connected to 40 Thefts An alleged baby formula theft ring has been busted after more than 40 burglaries over a one-month period in Melbourne. Four men and a woman have been arrested and charged after baby formula cans were allegedly stolen at Springvale, Clayton, Bundoora, Point Cook and Werribee in June and July. 7news.com.au

Long Island, NY: Man Who Threw Brick Through East Meadow Shop Linked To Six Other Burglaries

Frenchtown Township, MI: $7K ATV purchased with fraudulent credit card

Johnson City, TN: Man calls in a $2,000 building supply order, picks up merchandise and flees before company realized the credit card was reported stolen

Natick, MA: Woman arrested for $1,000 theft from Macy's, Lord & Taylor and American Eagle in Natick Mall
 

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Shootings & Deaths

 

Hattiesburg, MS: Police ask for public's help in solving deadly armed robbery at Grocery store
Hattiesburg police are asking for the public's help in locating the driver of a vehicle believed to have information involving a 59-year-old woman who was shot and killed at a grocery store. Investigators believe the driver of a Nissan Altima could have information about the armed robbery-shooting that happened Saturday evening at Steelman Grocery. wdam.com

Scott County, IN: Walmart Shoplifter dies following get-a-way crash
Police have identified a man who died after he crashed into a guardrail while being chased by police on Interstate 65 in Scott County, Indiana Thursday night. Police have identified the driver as 30-year-old Jesse Murphy. Police began chasing Murphy around 8 p.m. on July 18, after seeing the 2004 Chevrolet Impala he was driving speed through a red light. Police say Murphy continued driving recklessly as officers gave chase, until he lost control, and the vehicle left the roadway, flipping several times. Murphy was ejected and pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators later learned that he was accused of trying to leave the Scottsburg Walmart without paying for a cart full of merchandise. When store security confronted him in the parking lot, police say he ran to his car and took off. wdrb.com

Orlando, FL: Man shot, killed outside 7-Eleven in Orlando's tourist district
A woman said that her boyfriend was shot in the head as he was entering the store just before they were about to leave town. The woman said they had been in Orlando for a family event and were traveling home to Davenport when they stopped at the 7-Eleven. clickorlando.com

North Versailles, PA: Attempted Murder charged dropped in Walmart shooting
Authorities have dropped an attempted homicide charge against a woman in a shooting in a western Pennsylvania Walmart that critically wounded another woman. WTAE-TV reports that the action came after surveillance video showed two women attacking 22-year-old Rojanai Alston from behind July 5 in the electronics section of the store. Allegheny County police say Alston opened fire, hitting a 25-year-old woman multiple times. She was later arrested and still faces an aggravated assault charge. Defense attorney Ken Haber said after the preliminary hearing that Alston didn't pick the fight or the location but defended herself with her legal 9mm handgun. He said his client "was cold-cocked" three times and her attackers then tried to drag her to the ground, and if unarmed could have been killed. wkbn.com


Hartsville, SC: Deputies arrest, charge man with attempted murder in connection to C-Store shooting
Deputies have one person in custody Sunday after an afternoon shooting left two injured. 25-year-old Willie Scipio has been arrested, charged with two counts of attempted murder. Officials say Scipio shot two people at the Markette C-store, injuring them. "Investigators were able to quickly identify a suspect for this shooting based on evidence collected at the scene," Sheriff Tony Chavis said. wmbfnews.com


 


Robberies, Incidents & Thefts

Las Vegas, NV: Metro Police investigating Pharmacy Burglary crew; 3rd early morning break-in
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is looking for suspects in connection with 3 early morning pharmacy break-ins in the northwest part of the valley. According to investigators, the burglars are well organized and know exactly what they're after. "The type of narcotics you're looking at, and it's been covered a lot in the national and local news are opiates," said LVMPD spokesman Larry Hadfield. news3lv.com

Westlake, OH: Apple Store thieves ram Police car in Crocker Park
On Friday night, at about 8 p.m., Crocker Park Security contacted police and said two suspected shoplifters were seen leaving the Apple Store. The suspects asked security not to call police because they had outstanding warrants for their arrest. When security said they'd already called for officers, one of the men got into a car and drove off. Police caught up to the car before it got out of Crocker Park. Cornered, the suspect drove his car into the police cruiser and then rammed it several times. The man then jumped out of the car and ran. He was later arrested after hiding inside Dick's Sporting Goods. patch.com

DeKalb County, GA: New wig, same thief, police search for suspect
Police are searching for the suspect who robbed a Waffle House in Lawrenceville on Friday. Surveillance footage captured the suspect entering a Waffle House wearing a wig, and slipping a note to a waitress that said, "pass all the money." The waitress then ran from the register which caused the robbery to be unsuccessful. The thief fled the scene without any money. According to police, they believe the suspect has attempted to rob other businesses in the area, such as other Waffle Houses, Walgreens, PNC Bank, Dollar General and CVS. cbs46.com

Round Rock, TX: Suspect in custody following stabbing inside McDonald's
A juvenile is in custody in connection with the stabbing of two people at a McDonald's on Saturday night, police said. Williamson County sheriff's deputies responded to the stabbing at the restaurant near the corner of Texas 130 and Gattis School Road around 11 p.m. The two victims were taken to the hospital with injuries that were not expected to be life-threatening. Sheriff Robert Chody said police believe robbery was a possible motive. He said the suspect will likely be charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. statesman.com

Kingsport, TN: Woman arrested for attempted kidnapping,
assaulting a Claire's Employee

A Kingsport woman is facing several charges after police say she attacked two people inside the Fort Henry Mall. The incident happened on Thursday around 9 a.m. A Claire's employee told police she was opening the store's security gate for a man who was there to pick up car keys and a beverage when a woman, identified as 40-year-old Amanda Ball, attempted to enter the store while acting in a frantic and erratic manner. The employee said Ball grabbed her around the waist, attempted to push her further into the store, then dragged her out into the main hallway of the mall. The man who was standing outside the store says he managed to separate the two and was then attacked by Ball. He dragged her out of the store and restrained her until police arrived. After Ball was arrested, officers say she began talking nonsensically and appeared to be under the influence of a narcotic. wjhl.com

Los Angeles, CA: Burglary suspects in stolen car led police on dangerous chase, ends In Sherman Oaks Galleria; 3 Captured

Athens, GA: Athens-Clarke Police identify 2 suspects in numerous Walmart Beer Thefts

Bennington, VT: Naked man walks into Vermont store, buys coffee; not illegal

 



Credit Card Fraud

Sacramento, CA: FBI Fugitive Arrested in Large-Scale Credit Card Fraud Scheme
A fugitive from Sacramento was arrested by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents in Virginia Thursday morning for his alleged ties to a large-scale credit card scheme. On Aug. 27, 2015, Aleksandr Maslov was charged with 24 counts of wire fraud and two counts of mail fraud. A California federal grand jury returned a three-count superseding indictment for Maslov's alleged involvement in the scheme on Jan. 21, 2016. Maslov was to go on trial for the two cases in October 2018 but never appeared for his trial confirmation hearing. In January 2019, an arrest warrant was issued and Maslov was charged for failing to appear in court. An FBI and U.S. Secret Service investigation revealed that along with another Sacramento man and a man from Southern California, Maslov had allegedly defrauded over 119,000 credit card account holders.

A 2015 FBI release on the case says "the defendants participated in a scheme to obtain money from credit card holders, credit card companies, and third-party credit card payment processors by charging individuals' credit cards without their permission or knowledge for goods and services that were not provided." The two-and-a-half-year scheme involved the use of 70 fake businesses, such as "Best Box," "Chevran" and "Walt Mart," along with fake internet domain names and emails. fox40.com
 



 

 

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