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The 2017 Security 500 Rankings - Retail Sector
Top 22
(Connected Commerce)
Conducted by Security Magazine
Which security programs are taking the lead? These 500 enterprises have been
ranked through metrics to determine the forerunners in 17 sectors.
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The 2017 Security 500 Rankings
Retail (Connected Commerce) |
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1. Wal-Mart Stores,
Inc.
Kenneth Senser, Sr. VP of Global
Investigations, Security & Aviation & Travel
2. eBay
Jim Fussell Senior Director, Global Safety
& Security
3. Starbucks
Garrett Petraia, VP; Chief Security
Officer; Global Security
4. AMAZON*
Michael Cava, Chief Security Officer
5. L Brands
John Talamo, Senior VP of LP & Safety
Services
6. Under Armour
Fred Bealefeld, VP; Chief Global Security
Officer
7. Abercrombie & Fitch
Shane P. Berry, Group VP of AP
8. Ascena Retail Group, Inc
Brian Bazer, VP, AP & Safety
9. Brinker International
Bill Heine, CSO
10. Big Y Foods
Mark Gaudette, Director of LP
11. Yum Brands
Steven Antoine Director, Global Assets
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12. VF Corporation*
Justin Cullinan, Head of Global Security
13. Ralph Lauren Corporation
Scott Lancaster, Senior VP; Chief
Information Security & Privacy Officer
14. The Wendy's Company/Arby's
Group
Chris Manning, Director of LP, Safety &
Security
15. Costco*
Steven Dean, Director of Security
16. CVS Caremark
Frank Price, VP; Chief Information Security
Officer
17. Art Van Furniture
Michael F. Case, Director of LP
18. Staples
Brett Wahlin, Senior VP; Chief Security
Officer
19. Kohl's Corporation*
Randy Meadows, Senior VP of Loss Prevention
20. The Kroger Co.*
Mike Lamb, VP of Loss Prevention
21. Safeway*
Kathleen Smith, VP of AP
22. Things Remembered
James Baumgart, Senior Manager of Loss
Prevention
securitymagazine.com |
The 2017 Security 500 Methodology
Three Retail Executives Make SSN's Honor's List
Security Systems News honors '20 under 40' End User Class of 2017
The Continued Merging of Physical Security & IT
Security Systems News is excited to introduce and honor its "20 under 40"
End User Class of 2017, made up of the next generation of security professionals
leading the industry today.
Each of these winners shares a passion for what they do, as well as a thirst for
knowledge of the industry, new technologies and professional development.
A new theme for this year, and one that reflects what is going on in the
industry today, is the focus on IT, specifically information security and
cybersecurity.
There was always a separation between IT and physical security, but it is
important for us to be working together for oversight and collaboration,"
Amanda O'Loughlin, security supervisor for Crane Currency, pointed out.
O'Loughlin sees "continued development in that area of collaboration between
physical security and IT" as everyone tries to stay one step ahead of
hacking and data breaches, especially with remote and mobile access becoming
more prominent in security.
With physical and information security merging, many in this year's class
pointed to the increasing importance of data, from securing it to mining it for
actionable info.
Matt Cain, senior investigator-Corporate Security for Verizon, is excited
about the potential of predictive analytics and the use of data.
Dave Harben, enterprise leader of asset protection, Ascena Retail Group,
also highlighted analytics-more specifically prescriptive analytics-as an
up-and-coming technology, one that will help people to be more efficient. "You
can get a lot of data from very different data pools, and you get a lot of
information, and it gives you the ability to react very quickly," he said.
Brady A. Phelps, physical security supervisor, Grant County Public Utility
District said, "I think that each and every physical security professional is
going to have to open up to the idea that they're going to have to be
cybersecurity professionals as well."
SSN will be honoring all of its "20 under 40" honorees at a special reception
during its TechSec Solutions conference, an event focused on new and emerging
technologies in the physical security space. TechSec will be held in Delray
Beach, Fla., Feb. 26 and 27, 2018.
Matt Cain, 38, Senior investigator-corporate security, Verizon, New York
 "Originally,
I wanted to be in law enforcement but I took a position in LP catching
shoplifters while going to college and never looked back," he explained. "The
more I learned about the industry, the more I learned I had a niche and I moved
up very quickly."
At Verizon, Cain works with a team of investigators in the company's Great Lakes
Market, covering approximately 300 stores in nine states.
In the area of new and exciting technology, Cain said he has always been
interested in predictive analytics and the use of data.
Looking to the future, he thinks there will be "quite a few changes in order to
keep up with new technologies such as facial recognition, etc.," he noted. "I'm
also interested to see how the Internet of Things (IoT) world plays a part in
how things are integrated."
Dave Harben, 35, Enterprise leader of asset protection, Ascena Retail Group,
Pataskala, Ohio
 As
the enterprise leader of asset protection for Ascena Retail Group, Dave Harben
works with a team to oversee a total of 4,800 stores.
Ascena has eight different brands: dressbarn, maurices, Justice, Lane Bryant,
Catherines, Ann Taylor, Loft, and Lou & Grey. "Each brand had their own asset
protection and loss prevention security department," Harben said, and in January
2017 Ascena decided to streamline the process. "Now, we cover all of the brands.
... Most of our time has been [spent] pulling data together on what each brand
was doing specifically and rebuilding a new AP program for a $7 billion
company."
Harben highlighted analytics-more specifically prescriptive analytics-as an up
and coming technology, one that will help people to be more efficient.
Armando Martinez, 32, Regional loss prevention manager-Midwest, Bob's Discount
Furniture, Manchester, Conn.
 In
his current role at Bob's Discount Furniture, Armando Martinez is responsible
for "driving our loss prevention program in 21 retail stores in Illinois,
Indiana, Wisconsin and Missouri, conducting audits, store investigation
training, store safety, and security of our buildings, for example" he said. He
also manages and maintains the company's loss prevention case management and
audit management systems, as well as its website.
Since Martinez joined Bob's Discount Furniture in late 2015, the company has
grown from 64 to 89 stores.
"I have helped to open 21 of those stores here in the Midwest," he said. "So I
have had the opportunity to play a heavily involved role in [the] planning and
coordinating of our security systems in those new facilities and creating the
roadmap for future buildings."
A tech enthusiast, Martinez said it is exciting to see how far CCTV has come. "When I started in loss prevention 10 years ago, I was working at a store
changing VHS tapes out of a VCR every day, and today we are tapping in remotely
to NVRs from our home and viewing locations from anywhere," he explained.
securitysystemsnews.com
NEW Whistleblower Case
Mattress Firm Files Suit Alleging Multi-State Real Estate
Fraud, Bribery Scheme
800 Stores - Shell Companies - 'Inner Circle' of
Developers - $40M
Accusing a host of real estate companies and executives, including its
nationwide real estate broker, of a multiyear scheme that involved inflated
store rents, bribes, high-priced gifts and kickbacks from developers.
The company claims the scheme may have affected more than 800 stores
nationwide.
Houston-based
Mattress
Firm is suing
Colliers International's Atlanta office, Colliers International Senior
Vice President Alexander Deitch and two of the retailer's former in-house real
estate executives - Bruce Levy and Ryan Vinson - for allegedly steering Mattress
Firm stores to locations with leases well above market rates.
It alleges in the lawsuit that the trio was responsible for some 1,500 new
stores during their time leading Mattress Firm's real estate efforts, as
well as hundreds more lease renewals.
Mattress Firm tapped Deitch in 2010 to help expand its retail empire. According
to a lawsuit filed in Harris County, Texas, Oct. 30, Deitch, Levy and Vinson
were the primary influence on the retailer's real estate decisions, from where
to open and close stores to construction budgets.
The arrangement helped Deitch become one of Colliers' top producers, Mattress
Firm claims in the suit. The retailer also accused Colliers of being negligent
and overlooking Deitch's "improprieties" since it reaped commissions from the
arrangement.
Sources tell Bisnow Deitch was fired this past week. A
link to his
biography on the firm's website has been disabled, but his office phone
still identifies him as being there.
Thomas said the company was tipped off to potential wrongdoing in 2016 by an
unidentified party outside of Mattress Firm. Levy and Vinson were allegedly
fired last year as a result of a preliminary inquiry, he said.
In the lawsuit, Mattress Firm details an alleged nearly decade-long,
multilayered scheme principally controlled by Levy and Deitch, with the
knowledge of Vinson. Mattress Firm accused Deitch and Levy of using a series
of shell companies to "secretly own" numerous properties that housed new
Mattress Firm stores, along with the help of an "inner circle" of developers
who concealed their equity interests.
Those developers also allegedly paid bribes and kickbacks to Deitch, Levy and
Vinson to secure a "large number of [Mattress Firm] leases," charge above-market
rents and secure leases lasting longer than typical for a Mattress Firm store.
Editor's Note: Has your retailer worked with this firm? bisnow.com
The $85M Insider ORC
"The Girls" - "The Guys" & "The Lookouts" at Pilot Flying J Truck Stops
Two Sets of Books - Defrauding "Unsophisticated" Truckers
2nd Day of Trial - 14 Pled Guilty - 2 Got Immunity - 4 Being Tried
The four out of twenty involved facing trial in Chattanooga are former
Pilot President Mark Hazelwood, former vice president Scott "Scooter" Wombold
and two former saleswomen, Heather Jones and Karen Mann. Their lawyers said in
opening statements that they should not be found guilty by association and that
they didn't knowingly commit illegal acts.
 But
prosecutors allege that that the two executives were at meetings and copied on
correspondence about the scheme and that the more junior sales
representatives served as "lookouts" and a first line of defense if trucking
customers became suspicious about not receiving their rebates they expected.
The government's first witness was Janet Welch, a former Pilot employee who
pleaded guilty early in the investigation. Welch testified that she worked in
the Knoxville headquarters with defendants Mann and Jones, and that together
their colleagues they were known as "the girls," who supported "the sales guys"
who operated around the country.
Welch said it was her role to do the paperwork on the deals struck with trucking
company customers, and detailed how two sets of books were kept at Pilot:
one with the prices that the customers thought they were getting, and another
with the higher prices they were actually being charged.
Welch explained that there were two major types of arrangements with the
trucking companies made to entice them into buying their fuel at Pilot. One was
calculated in terms of "cost plus," or the wholesale price of diesel plus an
agreed-upon number of cents per gallon. The other was "retail minus," or a
certain number of cents discounted off the posted prices at truck stops.
 Assistant
U.S. Attorney Trey Hamilton on Tuesday guided Welch through a series of internal
documents that she said showed how she was instructed to change the rebates that
trucking customers thought they were getting in the internal billing system. The
point, she said, was "to make the customer think they were getting a price
lower than they really were."
Pilot ultimately agreed to an $85 million settlement with most of the
defrauded customers as well as a $92 million penalty to the government.
Editor's Note: Wonder if one of the two or even both who got
immunity were whistleblowers? All it takes is one to get jilted - upset -
short changed etc. islandpacket.com
Lubbock, TX: Target Vacuum Cleaner Thief suing
Target for $10 Million
because LP Agent used Jiu Jitsu to stop him
 A
Lubbock man is suing a Target for $10 million claiming he was assaulted by an
employee after authorities say he was caught shoplifting. Kelton Arthur claims
in his lawsuit that he was tackled by a Target store employee in July of 2016.
The employee says Arthur was trying to steal a vacuum.
The lawsuit claims the employee knocked Arthur from behind which caused his
injuries. The employee then "attacked" Arthur as he was lying on the ground, the
suit continued.
A police report indicates Arthur stole merchandise from the store and tried to
run away. The employee "placed his hands" on him to keep him from leaving but
Arthur turned around and "bit him on the arm." According to the report, the
suspect tried to "gouge" out the employee's eyes but he was able to control the
suspect until officers arrived. Neither men needed to go to the hospital.
The employee said his skills in Jiu Jitsu very well might have saved his life
and prevented others from getting hurt. A grand jury indicted Arthur for robbery
but in September of this year, Arthur pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of
theft. He was sentenced to one day in jail.
kxan.com
New Industry Model - Precedent-Setting
Nike Signs First Ever Watchdog Group Contract
Right to Inspect Overseas Factories
In what may become a precedent-setting contract, Nike has agreed to give a
watchdog group the right to inspect working conditions in overseas factories
that make Husky apparel for the University of Washington.
Many other colleges and universities around the country are expected to
follow the
model contract that the UW has negotiated, said Rod Palmquist, a former
UW graduate student who was part of the negotiating team.
At issue was Nike's refusal to allow a watchdog organization, the Worker Rights
Consortium (WRC), to inspect the factories where it makes clothes.
Nike sells millions of dollars worth of college-branded gear throughout the
country, in stores like the UW Bookstore, to sports fans. Under the contracts,
each college and university gets a cut of the proceeds for gear that features
that university's logo.
A student-led group, United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS), was behind
the push to renegotiate the contract. Nationally, USAS has staged
protests outside Nike stores around the country to draw attention to the
issue, and in the spring, dozens of students showed up at a UW Regents meeting
to push for a change to the contract that would allow the watchdog group entry
to the factories.
Under the terms of the contract, Nike must withdraw orders from a factory if
workplace violations are discovered and the company is unable to get the
factory to agree to a remediation plan, Palmquist said.
seattletimes.com
U.S. cargo thefts up in volume, down in value in
Q3 2017
The average loss value per incident in the third quarter fell 17 percent from
the previous quarter to $117,137 amid a 24 percent increase in the number of
theft incidents, according to data from Sensitech United Technologies.
A total of 160 thefts of cargo occurred in the United States during the third
quarter of the year, with 57 of the incidents occurring in July, 56 in August
and 47 in September, according to a new analysis by Sensitech United
Technologies, the firm formerly known as FreightWatch Intl.
Just one theft valued at over $1 million was recorded in the third quarter,
compared with four for Q2 2017 and five in Q3 2016.
Building and industrial materials accounted for 19 percent of total thefts in
the previous quarter with an average value of $66,418. Tying for second on the
quarterly theft list were the food & drinks and home & garden categories, which
each logged 18 percent of total thefts. Electronics came in as the fourth most
stolen product type at 10 percent, with a higher than usual average value of
$459,721, which was a 48 percent increase over Q2 2017, Sensitech said.
Among the categories of electronics stolen, the primary target was televisions
(44 percent), according to Sensitech data.
americanshipper.com
Southern Imperial and FFR Merchandising Join Forces as siffron
 Southern Imperial has recently announced its joining with
FFR Merchandising,
under the siffron brand. The siffron brand reflects the strength of the combined
businesses that, together, possess the ability to deliver improved service
levels, broader product selection, and increased manufacturing sourcing options.
Read more in today's Press Release column below.
Dollar Tree Wining in Dollar Express Court Fight
Trademark Counts Stay Alive In $156M Dollar Stores Suit
Delaware judge declined Wednesday to prune four trademark-related claims from an
18-count, more-than-$176 million Dollar Tree Inc. suit against failed
discount chain Dollar Express Inc., citing reasonable arguments that Dollar
Express violated limited-use rights.
law360.com
Plainfield, IL: Amazon faces $28,000 fine over
death at warehouse
Amazon is facing a $28,000 state fine over safety violations from when a worker
at a suburban Indianapolis warehouse was killed when a forklift fell on him. The
Indiana Department of Labor's order says Amazon didn't provide adequate training
and safety procedures weren't followed before the Sept. 24 accident at the
company's Plainfield distribution center. Authorities say 59-year-old Phillip
Terry of Indianapolis was fatally crushed when a forklift's lift fell on him
while he was doing maintenance work on it.
indystar.com
Violence Has Increased & The South Tops The List
FBI: Police Officer Felonious Deaths Up 60%
A total of 118 law enforcement officers were killed in the line of duty in 2016,
according to the FBI's annual Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted (LEOKA)
report released last
week. Of those deaths, 52 were accidental and 66 were felonious.
Both are a significant increase from 2015 when 45 officers died accidentally and
41 were feloniously killed in the line of duty.
Additionally, 57,180 officers were assaulted in the line of duty, with nearly 30
percent of those officers being injured in the incidents and an average of 157
officers assaulted per day and a 10% increase from 2015.
The 60% increase in officers being murdered in the line of duty and the
increase in daily assaults towards law enforcement should have law enforcement
leaders concerned says Law
Officer Columnist and SAFETAC
Trainer Travis Yates.
The 66 felonious deaths occurred in 29 states and in Puerto Rico with the
south proving to be the most deadly for law enforcement with thirty felonious
deaths. In addition, 17 occurred in the West, 13 in the Midwest, four in the
Northeast, and two in Puerto Rico. Police ambushes reached a two decade high in
2016 with 17 officers ambushed and killed by suspects.
Editor's Note: Virtually everyone in Loss Prevention has seen an
increase in violence in the stores nationwide and here's the proof. With the
south being the most dangerous - which lines up with both our robbery rates and
ORC activity. No surprise there. But sadly this is the proof that indeed
violence has escalated. lawofficer.com
Delaware Food Industry Council Hosts
Successful First Retail Theft Symposium
Submitted by James Cosseboom, Manager, Investigations and
Corporate Asset Protection, Ahold USA, Inc.
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Wednesday, November 1, 2017 the
Delaware Food
Industry Council held its first Retail Theft Symposium in Newark, Delaware.
There were approximately one hundred (100) attendees representing a variety of
retailers and law enforcement.
Delaware State Police Colonel Nathaniel McQueen made opening remarks to welcome
the attendees. Also in attendance and making presentations from the Delaware
State Police were Corporal Christopher Sutton, Captain Michael Reader and Troop
6 Commander Matt Cox.
State Senator Bryan Townsend spoke to the group about a proposed Homeless Bill
of Rights and addressed myths of the proposed legislation. He also engaged in a
Q&A session with attendees.
Lou Mola of Wawa and Jim Cosseboom of Ahold Delhaize gave a presentation on
current ORC and Retail fraud trends. Stefanie Mangiante of CVS Health and
Delaware State Police Detective Chris Hevelow presented a case study on a recent
ORC investigation in Delaware.
Deputy Attorneys General AJ Roop of the Crime Strategies section and Nathan
Barillo, the Dedicated Retail Prosecutor also engaged in discussion with the
group about frustrations and possible solutions to common issues.
Following the symposium the group made plans to have quarterly meetings to
continue the momentum started and possibly turn this symposium into an annual
event.
Thanks to DFIC Executive Coordinator Julie Miro-Wenger for pulling this very
successful event together.
Walmart Pay primed to surpass Apple Pay mobile
payments in U.S.
Sears may sell off 140 more stores to fund
pensions for two years
Panera Bread Acquiring 304 locations Au Bon Pain
Quarterly Results
Kohl's Q3 comp's up 0.1%, net sales flat
Party City Q3 brand comp's down 1.2%, retail sales up 4.7%, wholesale sales down
6.1%. total sales up 0.6%
SpartanNash Q3 Retail Segment comp's down 2.5%, consolidated net sales up 5.9%
Macy's Q3 comp's at owned basis down 4%, owned plus license basis down 3.6%,
sales down 6.1%
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Register for RLPSA's Membership Discussion:
"How to Prepare for the Holidays"
Thursday, November 16 at 2 p.m. EST
Hear from RLPSA restaurant members about how they are preparing for the holiday
season. This discussion is for RLPSA restaurant members only and is a candid
discussion about holiday challenges facing restaurants and how each brand is
solving them.
Register today by emailing your contact details to Executive Director Amber
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U.S. Senator - Companies Have Got to Go to
Extreme Limits to Protect Customers' Privacy
The former CEO of Yahoo, which had 3 billion records exposed in a 2013 data
breach and another 500,000 in a separate 2014 breach, testified at a Senate
hearing that it's tough for any corporation to defend against cyberattacks
backed by nation-states.
A top executive at Yahoo's new owner, Verizon Communications Chief Privacy
Officer Karen Zacharia, said that companies such as hers must adopt technologies
and processes to improve security as the threat rapidly evolves. She also said
business and government must work together to tackle this problem, including
working to enact a national data breach notification law.
Zacharia's answer didn't quite satisfy Senator Nelson. "That's a good intention,
but it's going to take more," Nelson said. "It's going to take an attitude
change among companies such as yours that we've got to go to extreme limits to
protect our customers' privacy."
govinfosecurity.com
N.Y. A.G. Schneiderman Announces SHIELD Act To
Protect New Yorkers From Data Breaches
In Wake of Equifax Hack, New Legislation Would Make NY A Leader In Data
Security - Requiring Robust Protections For New Yorkers' Personal Info
The SHIELD Act was introduced this week by Attorney General Schneiderman
as a program bill and is sponsored by Senator David Carlucci and Assemblymember
Brian Kavanagh.
Under Attorney General Schneiderman's SHIELD Act, companies would have a legal
responsibility to adopt "reasonable" administrative, technical, and physical
safeguards for sensitive data; the standards would apply to any business that
holds sensitive data of New Yorkers, whether they do business in New York or
not. The standards are sensible, and commensurate with the sensitivity of
the data retained and the size and complexity of the business.
The SHIELD Act also expands the types of data that trigger reporting
requirements, to include username-and-password combinations, biometric data,
and HIPAA-covered health data. The bill also provides companies with a strong
incentive to go beyond the bare minimum, and obtain independent certification
that their data security measures meet the highest standards; companies that do
so would receive safe harbor from state enforcement action.
The SHIELD Act will serve as a blueprint for NY and the rest of the nation to
follow to keep Americans safe," said Senator David Carlucci.
ny.gov
Data Breach Record Exposure Up 305% from 2016
There have been 3,833 publicly disclosed data breaches in the first nine months
of 2017, exposing more than seven billion records.
The pace of breach disclosures began to steadily grow in July 2017, peaking in
September with more than 600 breaches reported for the month. Compared to the
first nine months of 2016, the number of reported breaches in 2017 is up 18.2%;
the number of exposed records up 305%.
Five incidents from this year are among the top 10 largest breaches of all
time and, combined, exposed about 78.5% of all exposed records to date. The
Equifax incident leads the pack as the most severe breach of both Q3 and
2017.
There is a "number of factors" driving the number of breaches in 2017, she
continues, but a key reason is failure to recognize the value of personal
data on the black market.
Most breaches are caused by hacking: there were 1997 hacking events, exposing
2.7 billion records, in the first nine months of 2017. There were fewer Web
breaches, at 206 incidents, but they caused far more damage with a total of 4.8
billion records exposed.
"One of the bigger factors, where organizations fall short, is not making
security a part of their ordinary everyday operations," she says. "Security has
to be an ongoing process. It's not just 'Hey we got a new firewall,' or 'Look,
we got a new antivirus system.'"
darkreading.com
Forrester: Expect POS Ransomware Outages in 2018
Cyber-criminals will up their game in 2018 to drive profits, targeting IoT
systems and installing ransomware on mission critical POS systems, according to
Forrester Research.
The analyst house claimed in its
Predictions 2018 report for cybersecurity that attackers will look to
ransomware to generate profits from POS as the EMV standard and end-to-end
encryption systems take hold, making it virtually impossible to scrape card
data.
The report also warned that financially motivated hackers will aim to launch
ransomware and data-stealing attacks at IoT systems, as well as looking to
compromise them to launch DDoS.
infosecurity-magazine.com
An insider's view on trends and techniques to
help combat cyberthreats
Theresa Payton is the founder of Fortalice Solutions, a cybersecurity provider
of analysis, training, action, transparency and creative problem-solving to
protect people, businesses and nations. Payton, a former White House chief
information officer, specializes in identifying emerging trends and techniques
in the world of cybercrime; earlier this year she appeared in the CBS-TV
reality series "Hunted."
Read article in stores magazine.
stores.org
Cyber Security Skills Crisis Causing Rapidly
Widening Business Problem
Second annual global study from ESG and ISSA finds cyber security skills
shortage worsening and impacting 70% of organization; business investing in
the wrong places.
Building on the conclusions of last year's groundbreaking global study of cyber
security professionals, the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) and
independent industry analyst firm Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) revealed today
trending data finding that the cyber security skills shortage is worsening
and becoming a rapidly widening business problem. The majority of survey
respondents (70 percent) continue to believe that the cyber security skills
shortage has had an impact on their organization - yet these same organizations
(62 percent, up almost 10 percent from last year) are falling behind in
providing an adequate level of training for their cyber security professionals.
prweb.com
Fingerprint Biometric Scanners Coming
675 Million Chip Cards Have Been Issued In The United States As Of Q4, 2016
The SmartMetric biometric fingerprint technology is used inside credit cards
with the EMV* chips. With a super miniature fingerprint scanner embedded
inside the credit card, a person's fingerprint is used to turn on their
credit card as they reach across to insert their card into a standard ATM or
Retail Card Reader called in the industry a Point Of Sale reader.
Because the SmartMetric Biometric Card is designed to operate on existing credit
card readers and ATM's, no added equipment or systems changes are required
within the credit card payment system for a Bank to commence biometric card
issuance to its customers.
Layering biometrics into existing chip based credit cards is a giant leap
forward in credit card security for both card issuing banks and of course the
consumer, who are both impacted by the ever-increasing incidence of credit card
and identity fraud, said SmartMetric's President and CEO Chaya Hendrick, today.
globenewswire.com
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Shootings & Deaths
Louisville, KY: Woman shot in the leg outside Kroger
LMPD officers responded to the scene of a shooting in the Hikes Point area
Wednesday night. The incident occurred shortly after 10 p.m. outside the Kroger
on Breckenridge Lane. MetroSafe confirmed that a woman was shot in the leg. The
victim was taken to Uof L Hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.
wave3.com
Las Vegas, NV: Fingerprints on cups help Police
nab slaying /gun theft suspect
Fingerprints left on cups at two robbery scenes, blood evidence and surveillance
video helped police arrest a suspect in a deadly late October shooting.
Authorities arrested 26-year-old Johnny Stamps on Sunday in connection with the
robberies and the homicide. The cups were found in September, when Henderson
police were investigating a series of handgun robberies. A man pretending to be
an interested buyer met with people trying to sell guns online. Stamps' arrest
report said he then threw bleach in sellers' faces and fled with the guns but
left the cups.
reviewjournal.com
Cheviot Hills, CA: Gunfire prompts evacuation of
Vons supermarket
An eruption of gunfire near a Vons supermarket in Cheviot Hills prompted the
store's evacuation Wednesday evening, police said. A man on a bicycle opened
fire on another person around 6 p.m. near a Vons store on National Boulevard. No
one was injured, but one of the men ran into the store, prompting the
evacuation, said LAPD. A lengthy search for both men came up empty, said LAPD,
who did not offer a motive in the attack.
latimes.com
Winter Park, FL: Taser discharge mistaken for gunshot
causes panic
An incident that started as a traffic stop ended at a Winter Park Publix parking
lot where officers deployed a stun gun on the driver when he got out of his
vehicle and tried to run. The sound the Taser made caused a panic at the Publix
when an employee mistook it for a gunshot and yelled into the store that someone
was shooting, investigators said. The driver of the car never entered the store
but the Publix was cleared to make sure there were no other suspects.
wftv.com
Washington, DC: 2 shot, 1 dead outside C-Store
Johannesburg, SA: 15 shots fired during Cellphone store
Armed Robbery in the Carlswald shopping mall in Midrand
Robberies & Thefts
Santee, CA: Businesses Team and Sheriff's
Department working together to Cut Santee Crime Rates
Nearly 40 percent of Santee's property crimes occur within the shopping
district, according to the Sheriff's Department. Since September, deputies have
coordinated five anti-crime operations in the area and three of them were at the
Walmart store located nearby. Loss prevention and security personnel from the
businesses also participated. The Walmart stings netted a total of 19 arrests on
various charges, and nearly half were theft-related, according to the
department.
timesofsandiego.com
Framingham, MA: Lowe's employee charged in $1,100
theft; paying back a loan
A Lowe's cashier decided to pay back a loan by letting the man she borrowed
money from leave the store without paying for merchandise, authorities said.
Police arrested Erika Kennedy, 42, at the store on Tuesday at 5:35 p.m. Store
security told police Tuesday that Kennedy had allowed a man to leave the store
with unpaid items five times. "Erika told me (he) came up with the idea of
paying him back for the money by letting him leave the store without paying for
the merchandise," police wrote in the report.
wickedlocal.com
Thibodaux, LA: Dollar General Employee helped neighbor
steal items
Cleveland, OH: Business owners call for more police hiring
after robbery spree
South Euclid, OH: Two teens commit theft while shopping
with Case Worker
Fairbanks, AK: Thief didn't get far in Safeway's motorized
grocery cart; Facing felony charges for the $2,500 cart; the chase hit 'Top
speed' of 1.9 MPH
Paris, France: Thief strolls out of Paris Gallery with
$650,000, 22-inch bronze statue under his arm
Sentencings & Arrests
Northampton County, PA: Men to face trial in 2016
Easton jewelry store robbery; threaten to kill Prosecutor
 Two
men charged in a string of armed robberies and kidnappings at Lehigh Valley
cellphone stores will face trial in a 2016 robbery at a downtown Easton jewelry
store after a hearing Wednesday in Northampton County Court. Vaughn D. Felix and
Gregory Lewis Jr. were charged in September with robbing the JC Jewelry store.
Police say more than $70,000 in watches, and merchandise were taken during the
robbery on Dec. 23, and the clerk was bound with zip ties and forced into a back
room.
Lewis also told the unnamed inmate he wanted his alleged accomplice, Vaughn
Felix, killed "if [Felix] is giving the commonwealth information about the
robberies". Lewis also threatened the prosecutor in his cases, Assistant
District Attorney Patricia Mulqueen, telling the inmate that Mulqueen could be
killed at a pizza shop near the courthouse, saying "there are a thousand ways to
kill a cat," the court filing states.
mcall.com
Floyd County, GA: 15 of 20 Gang members arrested
in connection to 150 Burglaries across Georgia
The state revealed the arrest of at least 15 suspects on RICO charges on Nov. 1.
Floyd County Police Department Investigator Brandon Robinson said he was unaware
if any of the five suspects who were still on the run last week had been
arrested. Across Georgia, 57 agencies across Georgia participated in the
investigation that examined 153 commercial burglaries that resulted in the theft
of more than $1,190,000 in cash and $161,000 worth of property damage, Shiflett
said. The gang used a number of tools to break into convenience stores and other
businesses, primarily across North Georgia, over a three-year period of time.
northwestgeorgianews.com
Waxahachie, TX: Second Dallas man indicted for
Armed Robbery of Red Oak cell phone store
Saulda County, SC: Man sentenced to 25 years for armed robbery of convenience
store
Fort Worth, TX: Oklahoma City man sentenced to 188 months robbery of Haltom's
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Spencer
is a Director of Litigation, Asset Protection, and Regulatory Affairs, at
eBay Inc. in San Jose, California, where he has managed a variety of civil,
criminal, and regulatory matters for eBay.com and its various affiliates,
including PayPal.com and StubHub.com. Among his duties as an in-house
counsel at eBay, Spencer oversees eBay's Global Asset Protection North
America Criminal Investigations Team - including stewardship of its PROACT
program and law enforcement and retailer relationships. He also manages
eBay's related Global Technical Investigations team, which handles instances
of cybercrime impacting the eBay platform. 
