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Your Team - Your Pride - Our Industry
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Turo, four million users had registered to use the service and 170,000 privately
owned cars were available for rental.
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Donald Tarney promoted to Director of Loss Prevention for Staples
Previously, Donald was the Sr. Manager Field Ops, Global Loss Prevention for
over 17 years for the retailer before this promotion. He's held other loss
prevention positions over his 20 years in the industry including District LP
Manager for Service Merchandise, Regional LP Manager for Lechmere, Regional LP
Manager and LP Manager/District LP Manager for Montgomery Ward and Store
Management/Operations for Kmart. Congratulations Donald!
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ADT and West Corporation to Enable Enhanced Emergency Response for More Than
Seven Million Customers
America's #1 Monitored Security Provider Leverages West to Accelerate Accurate
Data and Response Information to First Responders
 ADT Inc. (NYSE: ADT), the leading provider of monitored security and
interactive home and business automation solutions in the United States and
Canada, and West Corporation ("West"), a global leader in technology-enabled
services, today announced that they have entered into an agreement to enhance
customer experiences with 911 emergency communications.
Through this
arrangement, ADT will use West's Emergency Response Link (ERL) to help ensure
homes and businesses monitored by ADT benefit from the most accurate location
data available so that the correct response teams are deployed even faster.
 ERL is a fully-managed, automated platform that uses location intelligence to
identify the appropriate jurisdiction for a specific location based upon an
address or geographic coordinates. This information enables ADT's professional
monitoring personnel to more quickly engage the correct local fire, police or
medical response teams. Integrating accurate jurisdiction data into ADT systems
is critical for timely and accurate alarm response because jurisdictional
boundaries for fire, police and medical response are constantly changing.
Read more here.
 The Loss Prevention Foundation (LPF) announced this
week two new members of the Loss Prevention Foundation Advisory Council (LPFAC).
This council, created in August 2018, supports the LPF and has taken over the
responsibilities of various LPF committees that have been dissolved.
The two new members are:
● Sarah Torrez, LPC, Loss Prevention Director - Aeropostale, Inc.
● Rocco Speziale, LPC, Director of Asset Protection, Home Services - Sears
Holdings Corporation
The other members of the Loss Prevention Foundation Advisory Council are:
● Chair - Cathy Langley, LPC, Senior Director, Loss Prevention - Rite Aid
● Vice Chair - Tyson Robertson, LPC, Regional Loss Prevention Manager, LP &
Security - Amazon
● Melissa Wacha, LPQ, Director Asset Protection - Walmart
● Denise Wynn, LPC, Assistant Vice President Director of National Investigations
- TJX
● Cita Doyle, LPQ, Director of Sales & Marketing - Instakey
● Kris Vece, LPQ, Vice President of Client Relations - Protos
● Todd Isenhour, LPC, Director Human Resources Field Operations - North Division
- Lowes
● Mat Schriner, LPC, Director of Operations - LPF
Read more here.
US Sportswear Traced to Factory in China's Internment Camps
Barbed wire and hundreds of cameras ring a massive compound of more than 30
dormitories, schools, warehouses and workshops in China's far west. Dozens of
armed officers and a growling Doberman stand guard outside.
Behind locked gates, men and women are sewing sportswear that can end up on U.S.
college campuses and sports teams.
This is one of a growing number of internment camps in the Xinjiang region,
where by some estimates 1 million Muslims are detained, forced to give up their
language and their religion and subject to political indoctrination. Now, the
Chinese government is also forcing some detainees to work in manufacturing and
food industries. Some of them are within the internment camps; others are
privately owned, state-subsidized factories where detainees are sent once they
are released.
The Associated Press has tracked recent, ongoing shipments from one such factory
inside an internment camp to Badger Sportswear, a leading supplier in
Statesville, North Carolina. The shipments show how difficult it is to stop
products made with forced labor from getting into the global supply chain, even
though such imports are illegal in the U.S. Badger CEO John Anton said that the
company would source sportswear elsewhere while it investigates, and the U.S.
government said Tuesday it was reviewing the reports of forced labor at the
factory.
nytimes.com
What CFOs Read
Human Capital Reporting Standards Finally Arrive
The
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was scheduled to issue
its guidelines for human capital reporting on Tuesday, although insiders say the
document might not be released until later in the week.
Depending on the extent to which companies voluntarily adopt the new standards,
stakeholders - investors, analysts, customers, and current and prospective
employees - would have a new category of data with which to assess
organizational value and the prospects for financial and non-financial returns
from investments in human capital.
But conversation around human capital reporting standards has shifted somewhat
over the past years. Rather than being seen as primarily a means to measure
corporate value, such reporting is also considered a response to the public's
increasing desire for corporations to act as good citizens.
"This is a watershed moment," says Jeff Higgins, a former CFO and the lead U.S.
representative on the ISO task force that created the standard. "Some countries
are going to adopt this as a regulation for public companies. In the United
States, I've talked to more than a few companies that want to be in compliance
ahead of others in order to demonstrate ethical and social credibility."
cfo.com
InventHelp Inventor Develops Retail System to Secure Alcoholic Beverages
An inventor from Placentia, Calif has developed patent pending ALCOHOL SECURITY
to secure alcoholic beverage on store shelves and coolers/refrigerators against
theft. The system prevents underage individuals from purchasing alcohol
illegally. It ensures that alcohol is only sold to individuals with proper
identification. The invention offers added peace of mind to store owners. It is
designed to enhance store security. Additionally, the system reduces potential
revenue loss due to shoplifting. It might have the potential to reduce liability
insurance and tax break on business improvements, according to the inventor.
prnewswire.com
Will 7-Eleven's cashier-less store take hold?
Test runs beginning in Japan
What would it mean for cashiers around the world if the largest global
convenience store chain went fully-automated with cashier-less technology? With
7-Eleven in Japan now exploring such a move, we may find out.
.png) The Japanese-owned chain has begun working with NEC to pilot a cashier-less
store concept in Tokyo, according to Nikkei Asian Review. The pilot store,
slated to open in December, will allow customers to self-scan items and walk out
after identifying themselves through facial recognition. Ordering and stocking
will still be managed by humans. Increased customer comfort with smartphone
payments and a dire labor shortage in Japan led the chain to begin experimenting
with the solution.
While numerous retailers and tech companies have been mulling and testing
cashier-less concepts since the launch of Amazon Go, 7-Eleven's recent history
of highly-publicized difficulties with U.S. franchisees could raise questions
about the chain's long-term view for its stateside presence.
retailwire.com
Amazon Go said to provide consistently good experiences across locations
9th U.S. location opening this week
Amazon has been making a Go of its cashier-less convenience stores for nearly a
year, since opening its first location to the public in Seattle on Jan. 22.
Tuesday the tech giant opened its ninth Amazon Go store, and second in San
Francisco, and the official company line is that customers love the experience
and the company loves its technology.
In an interview with Geekwire, Dilip Kumar, the VP of technology for the chain,
said, "We noticed this in every city ... there's this tentative hesitation when
customers are about to leave, because they think, 'Can you really leave? Are we
really done?' It turns out that they can and then they just walk out. Then they
go out and tell people the experience that they had and then more people come
in."
geekwire.com
No drones yet, so Amazon needs delivery guys. Lots of delivery guys.
Jeff Bezos captured the world's imagination when he appeared on CBS's "60
Minutes" in 2013 and pledged to fill the skies with package delivery drones.
Five years on, Amazon.com's chief executive officer is betting on decidedly more
terrestrial technology: drivers. As in real people. Tens of thousands of them.
High-tailing it through town in gas-slurping vans to leave packages on doorsteps
just like the milk man, postal worker, UPS guy and pizza dude before them.
Instead of charting a future that makes drivers obsolete, Amazon is so dependent
on them it's copying FedEx Corp. to build a network of independent couriers
around the country in a frantic effort to keep pace with demand that peaks in
December. To entice interest, Amazon uses its bargaining power to get partners
good deals on vans and insurance and offers them a steady stream of packages.
sun-sentinel.com
$400 Billion in Merchandise to be Returned This Year
How retailers are solving the post-holiday returns problem
Relaxed return policies and record online spending are leading to historical
amounts of returned goods; and it's at a huge cost to retailers: this year
around $400 billion in merchandise will come back. Holiday returns in particular
pack a punch and make the first few months of the year hectic for those in the
reverse logistics world (around 25% of all returns made take place at
Christmastime).
One way retailers are softening the hit is by selling their returned items in
private, online-auction liquidation marketplaces.
retaildive.com
UPS will experience biggest return spike before Christmas this year
UPS says it expects a record 1.5 million packages to be returned Dec. 19,
compared with 1.3 million on Jan. 3, 2019. In years past, returns have tended to
spike as the new year began. The early spike in returns can be attributed to
more shoppers buying online earlier in the holiday season and retailers that
have made it easier to process returns.
cnbc.com
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Huawei to spend $2 billion over five years in cybersecurity push
Huawei Technologies [HWT.UL] on Tuesday said it would spend $2 billion over the
next 5 years to focus on cybersecurity by adding more people and upgrading lab
facilities, as it battles global concerns about risks associated with its
network gear. The typically secretive Chinese technology giant made the comments
at one of its most indepth press conferences at its Dongguan offices, after
welcoming about two dozen international journalists into its new campus in the
southern Chinese city.
reuters.com
Lax Controls Leave Fortune 500 Overexposed On the Net
The largest companies in the world have an
average of 500 servers and devices accessible from the Internet - and many leave
thousands of systems open to attack.
Large companies are leaving easy-to-exploit systems exposed on the public
Internet, raising the risk of a serious future compromise, according to data
from two cybersecurity firms.
 Rapid7 found that the average Fortune 500 firm had approximately 500 servers and
devices connected to the Internet, with five-to 10 systems exposing Windows
file-sharing or Telnet services. Fifteen out of the 21 industry sectors on which
Rapid7 collected data had at lease one member allowing public access to a
Windows file-sharing service.
This simple-to-spot oversights suggest that companies do not have adequate
control over what systems are connected to the public network, says Tod (CQ)
Beardsley, research director of Rapid7, which published a
report last week on its findings.
"I would advise everyone, from the Fortune 500 on down, to be aware of what you
are exposing to the Internet," Beardsley says. "Any chance you have of taking
something off the Internet-every device you take of the Internet is one less
device for attackers to compromise."
The report refutes the common wisdom that larger companies, with their greater
resources and more skilled security teams, are better defended against
cyberattacks than smaller firms. While it's easy to assume that larger firms
generally have more resources to allocate to cybersecurity, they also have many
more devices connected to the Net, a sprawling infrastructure. and a greater
attack surface area.
darkreading.com
Finding security where applications and operating systems meet
It hasn't happened in retail yet, but the growing number of applications
running on servers kept at individual stores are exposing retailers to a new
vulnerability that hackers could exploit.
That's the conclusion of security expert Ian Eyberg, founder and CEO of NanoVMs,
a provider of server protection that uses "unikernels."
Unikernels run single programs on operating systems that run on individual
virtual machines, which run single applications inside a computer as if each was
a separate computer. Servers can run multiple virtual machines. Eyberg says the
technology can be thought of as the merger of an application and an operating
system.
Typically, software running on virtual machines is on a traditional operating
system such as Linux or Windows. Because of that premise, software running on
a store's server with multiple applications can be hacked, as point-of-sale
software has been.
Eyberg says unikernels make it possible to isolate each software program into
its own virtual machine, separating it from a server's legacy operating system.
"For retailers, once their store servers are hacked, that's it," he says. "Once
inside an operating system, it's very easy for a hacker to go from host to host,
server to server."
stores.org
Phishing Attack Pretends to be a Office 365 Non-Delivery Email
A phishing campaign has been discovered that pretends to be a non-delivery
notifications from Office 365 that leads you to a page attempting to steal your
login credentails.
This new campaign was discovered by ISC Handler Xavier Mertens and states that
"Microsoft found Several Undelivered Messages". It then prompts you to click on
the "Send Again" link in order to try sending the emails again. An example of
this phishing email can be seen below.
bleepingcomputer.com
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Philadelphia Univ's Cybersecurity Program Receives "Top Curriculum" in the US
Digital skills are critical for tackling the rising tide of cybercrime
3 Ways to Make Employees Your Best Cybercrime Fighters
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'Is it worth the risk?'
OPP encouraging store owners to ditch ATMs amid rash of thefts
 Hamilton
police have investigated 27 break and enters targeting ATMs in 2018
Provincial police have a simple message for store owners - if you
don't need an ATM, don't have one. It's just not worth the risk.
Investigators in several OPP jurisdictions, along with Hamilton
police, are raising the alarm about an uptick in break-ins
where cash machines are being targeted and stolen. Police in
Hamilton alone say they have investigated 27 such incidents so far
in 2018.
The thefts tend to follow a pattern. A crew of three or four people
use a stolen vehicle as a battering ram to bash through a store
window or wall. Then they throw a chain around the ATM and someone
hits the gas, hauling the heavy machine through the building,
bouncing off shelves and leaving a trail of destruction.
In response, OPP Const. Ed Sanchuk said police have been meeting
with business owners for months about the possibility of getting rid
of their automated teller.
"We're asking store owners, 'If you don't need the machines, why
have them? Is it worth the risk?'" he explained, adding the
thefts often end up costing businesses more than they were making
off of the machines.
cbc.ca
Miniso Canada Claims to have Reached Preliminary Bankruptcy
Agreement
Parent Co. Pulls Out Because of Huawei Arrest
 Miniso
Canada claims on social media that it has reached a preliminary
agreement with 'Miniso China' in a case that could have forced the "Japanese" discount retailer's Canadian division into bankruptcy.
Sources quoted in this story maintain that Miniso Canada has been
questionable in its business dealings in this country, both with
commercial real estate brokers as well as with management.
Sources are saying that Miniso's Canadian division has a
pattern of unethical behaviour, and some sources have
speculated that the parent company is pulling out because of
the recent arrest of the daughter of the founder of Chinese tech
giant Huawei.
It's a shocking twist to the story of Miniso, which entered Canada
last year with audacious plans to open 500 Canadian stores within
three years. Miniso opened its first Canadian store in Vancouver in
the spring of 2017, and it now operates 48 stores in the provinces
of British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia where
on Saturday, Miniso Canada opened its newest store at the Halifax
Shopping Centre, with many more planned.
retail-insider.com
Canada Goose delays Beijing store opening at last minute as Huawei
protest mounts
Third Canadian detained in China amid Huawei uproar: Ottawa
Canada-China relations at 'low point' and could fall further
Retailers feel impact of generous return policies
Canadian stores lose up to $1.7 billion per year
"Returning things is an important element about retail businesses,
as is how you handle returns can make or break you," said
Michael LeBlanc, senior retail advisor with the Retail Council of
Canada. In the U.S. and Canada, retailers are hiring tech firms
that specialize in tracking the in-store shopping habits of their
customers. One such company is The Retail Equation, based out of
Irvine, Cal., which records and scores customers' return activity, a
service used by more than 34,000 stores across North America. The
company cites statistics that show stores lose $10.8 to $17.6
billion a year in the U.S. and $1.2 to $1.7 billion in Canada to
fraudulent activity committed by customers.
LeBlanc said criminals have been aggressive in seeking out the
weakest link in retailers' return policies they can profit from,
citing the example "porch pirates" who follow or monitor truck
deliveries for online products, steal them after being delivered and
seek to return the item for cash reimbursement.
saobserver.net
Fraud reports in Edmonton Up 89% in 5 years; ID Theft Up 284%
The overall number of incidents of fraud, identity theft and
identity fraud being reported to Edmonton police went up a
staggering 89 per cent in just five years. On Wednesday, the
police force released numbers from 2013 through 2017. In that time
frame, fraud reports jumped to 5,963 from 3,306 a year - an 80
per cent increase. Identity theft went up 284 per cent - to 169
from 44 reports a year - and identity fraud was up 145 per cent, to
833 complaints from 339.
In the first nine months of 2018, Edmonton police said it saw a
further 9.5 per cent increase compared to the same time last year.
Edmonton police say that for the most part, the types of scams
remain the same. Fraudsters continue to pose as police officers and
other government bodies like the CRA in an attempt to obtain money
from citizens.
globalnews.ca
Canada Store Openings & Expansions
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Japanese-Style Variety Retailer 'Oomomo' Launches Rapid Canadian
Store Expansion
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T&T Supermarket opens in Waterloo, Ont.
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Sustainable Jewellery Brand Ecksand Opens New Montreal Boutique
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Farm Boy debuts in Oakville
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Korean supermarket H-Mart to open in south Edmonton
Publisher's Note:
'Canadian Connections' will not be publishing on Dec. 26 & Jan. 2
It will resume publication on Wednesday, Jan. 9
Amazon Canada Hiring 1,200 People In Toronto, Edmonton
Cannabis shortages likely to continue into 2019
Nick's Sports Shop in Toronto to Start Selling Guns as Mayor Seeks
Bans
DavidsTea Inc. reports $9.1M loss in third quarter, sales up 1.5 per
cent
Canada Post office restores normal delivery times as mediated talks
fail
Calgary, AB: Teens face 78 charges in string of swarming-style robberies;
13 incidents in two weeks
On Nov. 8, five males ages 13 to 15 entered a convenience store at 4400 Memorial
Drive S.E. Police said the group started stealing items while one teen
distracted the clerk by throwing merchandise at them. Police tracked the group
back to a home in Forest Lawn, where they took the six teens into custody. While
investigating, police found 13 similar incidents between Oct. 24 and Nov. 6
that they believe the same teens were involved in.
The techniques were the same: a group of teens would enter a business, then
quickly steal a number of items like cellphones, electronics, jewelry and
food. Police said they identified two additional teens they believe were
involved, and charged all eight youth on Nov. 29.
cbc.ca
Portage la Prairie, MB: LP officer struck by car after trying to stop thieves
Duncan, BC: Men caught trying to steal $2,300 in merchandise from Canadian Tire
Oakville, ON: Police seek female in $160 superstore theft
Robberies & Burglaries
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Undisclosed Business - Wood Buffalo, AB - Armed Robbery (Franklin Ave.)
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Undisclosed Business - Wood Buffalo, AB - Armed Robbery
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In our 2nd episode, we sit down with two tenured members of the LPRC who speak
directly to the role and impact the LPRC is having on the industry as the
leading academic resource dedicated to the Loss Prevention / Asset Protection community
in the U.S.
Randy Dunn, Sales Director - Americas, Tyco Retail Solutions & LPRC
Board Member, gives us a little history on Sensormatic's involvement and role
with the LPRC in recent years - including sponsoring the LPRC's Innovation Lab, which has provided a space for industry
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Ned McCauley, Director Retail Strategic Accounts at Tyco Integrated Security,
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Chargebacks911: Affiliate Fraud Casts Shadow on
Record $7.9B Cyber Monday
Adobe revealed that U.S. consumers set new a new record on Cyber Monday 2018,
which marked the nation's largest-ever online shopping day at $7.9 billion.(1)
Affiliate marketing represented 16% of U.S. eCommerce orders as of BI
Intelligence's last report on the channel;(2) at that rate, affiliates would
have contributed nearly $1.3 billion of this year's record-breaking Cyber Monday
sales. Chargebacks911, a leading dispute mitigation and loss prevention firm,
notes that affiliate-driven profitability is sparking interest among merchants
and publishers alike-but may also draw more criminals to commit affiliate fraud
unless the industry takes action.
Forrester Research projected U.S. affiliate marketing spend would increase at a
10% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2015 to 2020, when it is expected to
surpass $6.8 billion.(3) Forrester also found that 81% of advertisers and 84% of
publishers include affiliate marketing as part of their overall marketing
mix.(3) While affiliates' financial contribution to this year's record Cyber
Monday sales is based on extrapolation, a recent survey confirmed that active
affiliate partnerships increased between 2017 and 2018; they were up 20% on
Thanksgiving, 34% on Black Friday and 15% on Cyber Monday.(4)
prweb.com
Williams-Sonoma Sues Amazon
Says Website Has Unauthorized 'Williams-Sonoma' Store
Housewares company Williams-Sonoma Inc. has sued Amazon.com, Inc. claiming that
the web retail giant is trading on the Williams-Sonoma name and confusing
consumers by setting up an unauthorized "Williams-Sonoma"-branded store and
sections on its website. What's more, Williams-Sonoma claims that Amazon has
engaged in a "systemic campaign" to copy the patented designs of its West
Elm-branded furniture to create cheaper knock-offs, even adopting similar names
for products in the Amazon "Rivet" line of furniture.
law.com
Number Of Packages Returned Expected To Peak
Before Christmas,
Reflecting E-Commerce Shift
Consumers who got a jump on online shopping in the days before Black Friday are
expected to begin returning more than 1 million packages each day in December,
jumpstarting the holiday returns season earlier than ever. The spike is driven
by self-gifting due to retailer promotions, express shipping for deliveries and
returns, simplified returns processes and advanced re-stocking and management
systems.
In past years, National Returns Day occurred in early January and represented
the highest spike of packages for the entire year. Returns are still expected to
hit 1.3 million packages on Jan. 3, but this will now represent the second wave
and be outpaced by Dec. 19th returns of 1.5 million. These returns are
included in the 800 million packages UPS anticipates delivering this holiday
season.
nasdaq.com
Counterfeiters infringe 'most distinctive'
trademarks, says Louis Vuitton
To match Amazon, retailers are investing in
Christmas Eve delivery
2019 Outlook: The Year Grocers Crack the Code to
Ecommerce Profitability
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Atlanta, GA: Gang of 15 Sentenced For Cashing
$10M in Stolen U.S. Treasury Checks at Walmart & Kroger Stores
 Fifteen
defendants have been sentenced for their part in a ring that stole over $10
million in U.S. Treasury checks from the mail and then cashed them at Walmart
and Kroger stores around the country using fake identifications. The sentences
ranged from two to ten years in prison for members of the ring.
"This sentencing marks a success for our multi-agency Stolen Treasury Check Task
Force, which targets the widespread problem of U.S. Treasury check thefts in
Georgia," said U.S. Attorney Byung J. "BJay" Pak. "Criminals who steal Treasury
checks victimize senior citizens, the disabled, veterans, and hard-working
taxpayers who have earned these funds and depend on them. As this case shows, we
will pursue these theft rings and hold them accountable regardless of how far
away they go to cash the checks and avoid detection."
In an effort to avoid detection, the defendants traveled to different states,
including Alabama, Mississippi, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Kentucky, Iowa,
Louisiana, and Tennessee, to cash the stolen checks. Over the span of four
years, the ring was responsible for cashing over 6,000 stolen U.S. Treasury
checks worth over $10 million.
This case was investigated by the U.S. Secret Service; U.S. Postal Inspection
Service; Social Security Administration, Office of the Inspector General;
Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General; and United States Postal
Service, Office of the Inspector General. The Daily
first reported on this case in September 2014
justice.gov
San Jose, CA: Two Arrested in Retail Fencing Operation
Couple allegedly stole $430,000 worth of merchandise from major retailers
 The
culmination of a three-month sting, police announced Monday the arrest of two
suspects accused of a major fencing operation involving stolen clothing taken
during burglaries, robberies and thefts. The San Jose Police Department Burglary
Prevention Unit (BPU) served a search warrant at a residence located in the 1400
block of S. King Rd. in San Jose on Friday and found the items obtained from
Macy's, Nordstrom and Victoria's Secret. San Jose residents Zoila Martinez, 42,
and Jose Figueroa, 44, operated a storefront Betsy's Fashion on S. King Road
with the stolen merchandise valued at more than $430,000. Among the items were
more than 700 Michael Kors jackets, hundreds of shoes, and other clothing
confirmed stolen from local department stores.
nbcbayarea.com
 Cheatham
County, TN: International Credit Card Skimming Operation busted, ties to Romania
What started as a routine traffic stop in Cheatham County resulted in a global
theft ring getting busted wide open. "These subjects can be in possession of
$500,000 to $600,000 any day," said Cheatham County Sheriff Lt. Shannon Heflin.
Heflin said Forrest Beard, Ionut Palanga, and George Zica were going into local
stores and placing skimmers on credit card machines. Then they'd steal peoples
debit card numbers and pins remotely. Next they'd take the info and put it on
stolen gift cards, which they could then use to steal as much as they want at
banks and ATMs. Heflin said they admitted to sending thousands of dollars back
to Romania.
wsmv.com
Belmont, NH: $15,000 in merchandise stolen from
cell phone store
Thousands of dollars worth of mobile communications devices were stolen from the
US Cellular store at the Belknap Mall sometime overnight Monday. Detectives were
able to determine that someone entered the store by force and stole
approximately $15,000 worth of electronic devices.
laconiadailysun.com
Imperial, MO: Nearly $4,800 in merchandise stolen
Damage done to Jefferson County Music
Nine guitars and an amplifier where stolen Dec. 11 from Jefferson County Music
store, 5714 Old Hwy 21, in Otto, after a front glass door was shattered, store
owner Darrell Stiles said. Stiles said six Michael Kelly guitars, two Cort
guitars, a Ventura V-25 red and a VHT 50-watt bass amp were stolen between about
1:30 a.m. and 2 a.m.
myleaderpaper.com
Skokie, IL: 5 Men Grab & Run handbags from Nordstrom, led
to Crash and Armed Carjacking
A witness reported seeing five men running out of the store with purses in hand.
The men got into a stolen silver Audi and fled before crashing into another
vehicle on the west side of the mall, authorities said. The suspect then left
the vehicle behind before running toward the parking lot of Niles North High
School, Skokie police said. Minutes later, one suspect pulled out a gun and
stole a Jeep from two people in the school's parking lot.
nbcchicago.com
Chandler, AZ: Man arrested for stealing chainsaws from
Lowe's
and Home Depot, ends up lighting his hospital bed on fire
A chainsaw crime spree didn't end so well for a 21-year-old in Chandler.
According to officials, Justin Carrillo had been stealing chainsaws from Lowe's
and Home Depot stores for weeks. But when police finally arrested him, he jumped
into traffic, got hit by a car, ended up in the hospital, then lit his hospital
bed on fire, officers said. Carrillo made his first court appearance Monday.
According to officials, retail theft investigators from Lowe's reported a man
had stolen chainsaws from several stores around Maricopa County.
azfamily.com
Oklahoma City, OK: Jewel Thief Wanted; $50,000 felony
warrant for multiple counts of larceny of merchandise in the metro area
Horry County, SC: Police looking for a woman who stole
thousands from Old Navy
in the Tanger Outlets
CAL-ORCA 2019 Annual Training Conference "ORC - Past,
Present and Future"
On February 20, 2019, the California Organized Retail Crimes
Association (Cal-ORCA) will be hosting the 2019 Organized Retail Crimes (ORC)
Conference at the Pasadena Convention Center, 300 E. Green Street, Pasadena,
California 91101. The conference will commence at 8:00 a.m. and is scheduled to
conclude at 4:00 p.m.
 The theme of this year's conference is
"ORC-Past, Present and Future."
Guest speakers from public and private sectors will share their expertise during
the following tentative schedule of breakout sessions: Assembly Bill
1065-Organized Retail Theft law, Social Media Investigations, Omnichannel,
Virtual Currency and the implementation of the Organized Retail Theft law
through public/private sector collaboration. Our goal is to identify viable
solutions to address the constant changing environment of property crimes
through collaborative interactions and dialogue. The conference is expected to
attract approximately 1000 attendees including security personnel and retail
professionals from around the country as well as over 100 federal, state and
local law enforcement agencies.
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Colorado Springs, CO: Citadel Mall shootings
injures 2
Second mall shooting in less than 2 weeks
 A
drive-by shooting at The Citadel mall severely wounded two men Tuesday just
outside of the Hooters restaurant. The gunfire shattered windows and forced the
mall to close for the rest of the day. Shots were fired from a car after some
yelling back and forth about 1:45 p.m., police said. Officers found one victim
outside and another just inside the mall. The men were hospitalized with
injuries that weren't life-threatening. The shooting appeared to be deliberate,
as people on both sides seemed to know one another, police said. No arrests had
been made. This was the
second shooting at The Citadel in less than two weeks. On Dec. 8, shots
were fired in a parking lot near the food court entrance, no injuries were
reported.
gazette.com
Hopewell, VA: Woman suspected in Armed Robbery
draws weapon on Police,
shot and killed
Authorities in Virginia say a woman suspected in an armed robbery was shot and
killed after she pointed a gun at a police officer. In a news release, Hopewell
police said officers responding to a report of an armed robbery at a convenience
store Tuesday saw a woman running who matched the description of the suspect.
Lt. Paul Intravia said officers ordered the woman to stop, but she refused and
pointed a gun at one of the officers, who fired one shot. The unidentified woman
died at the scene.
tribtown.com
Los Angeles, CA: Not Guilty Plea for Man Charged in Trader
Joe's Standoff Death, 'I'm pleading insanity'
The man charged with holding customers hostage inside a Trader Joe's this summer
insisted in court Monday that he was insane at the time of the incident. Gene
Evin Atkins - who is accused of engaging in a gun battle with Los Angeles police
that ended with the shooting death of a store manager - arrived in a downtown
courtroom not only as a criminal defendant but as his own attorney. "I'm
pleading insanity," said Atkins, 28, who faces 51 criminal counts, including
murder, attempted murder of a peace officer and kidnapping.
heraldmailmedia.com
Baltimore, MD: 5 People shot and wounded outside a
downtown Deli
Robberies,
Incidents & Thefts
Pasadena, CA: Target Loss Prevention Associate
Stabbed by Accused Shoplifter
A Target employee who confronted someone about allegedly shoplifting at a
Pasadena store was stabbed in the leg by the accused thief early Tuesday
evening. The employee was stabbed around 5 p.m. while working in Loss Prevention
on East Colorado Boulevard, said Pasadena Police Lt. Marie Sell. She said the
stabbing wound is not believed to be life-threatening. The man stabbed the
employee with a sharp object before he was detained by workers at the store.
ktla.com
San Lorenzo, CA: Would-be burglar trapped for 2
days in Chinese Restaurant's Grease Vent
A man had to be rescued from a grease vent of a vacant Chinese restaurant in
California on Wednesday morning. Authorities think he was stuck in there for two
days after they believe he crawled into the vent while trying to burglarize the
restaurant. Someone finally heard a faint cry for help and called 911. When
rescue crews arrived, the 29-year-old was covered in grease and oil and couldn't
move. Firefighters spent about an hour cutting away the venting to rescue him.
6abc.com
Holland, MI: Three Face Federal Charges After Graafschap
Hardware Gun Theft
Salem, MA: Man charged after police find blank credit
cards, skimming device
Greenville County, SC: Final 2 of 8 arrested in C-Store
Armed Robbery/ Attempted Murder/ Arson, Kidnapping
Crossville, TN: Woman arrested at Walmart with 29
Counterfeit $50 bills
UK: Scotland: Brazen crooks steal over $379,000 worth of
booze from Renfrewshire farm; The incident comes just a week after a similar
$632,000 heist in the area
Sentencings
Fife, WA: Former Costco Employee Sentenced to
Prison for Embezzling Nearly $290,000 by Making False Entries in Customer
Accounts
A 20-year Costco employee was sentenced December 17, 2018, in U.S. District
Court in Tacoma to one year in prison for wire fraud in connection with her
five-year scheme to steal nearly $290,000 from her employer. Robin G. Cline, 54,
was employed as an Accounts Receivable Clerk at Costco from 1996 until she
resigned in 2016. CLINE pleaded guilty in June 2018, admitting that between 2011
and 2016, she had manipulated entries in business customer accounts to steal
from both Costco and its customers.
justice.gov
Miami, FL: Miami-Area Pharmacy Owner Sentenced to
Over 7 Years in Prison
for Role in $8.4 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Antonio Perez Jr., 48, was sentenced and ordered to pay $8,415,824 in
restitution and to forfeit the same amount. Perez was ordered to forfeit four
Miami-area properties worth approximately $700,000 and multiple bank accounts
totaling over $250,000. Perez previously pleaded guilty to one count of
conspiracy to commit health care fraud.
justice.gov
San Carlos, CA: Two in Credit Card scheme take
plea deals
Newark, NJ: Man Sentenced To 21 Years In Prison For Armed
Robbery of 14 Hotels In New Jersey And New York
Spearfish, SD: C- Store Armed Robber sentenced to 10 years
in Federal Prison
Pittsburgh, PA: Man Sentenced to Almost 6 Years for Robbing Local Dollar
General and Bank
Fort Wayne, IN: Romanian Woman Indicted For Financial Fraud & Possessing
Skimming Devices |
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Beverage Store - Darlington, PA - Burglary
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Boost Mobile - Paterson, NJ - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Wareham, MA - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Hopewell, VA - Armed Robbery / suspect killed by
Police
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C-Store - Erie, PA - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Portland, OR - Robbery
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C- Store - Topeka, KS - Armed Robbery
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Cellphone Store - Belmont, NH - Burglary
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Dollar General - Wareham, MA - Armed Robbery
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Dollar General - Jackson, MI - Armed Robbery
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Family Dollar - Pittsfield, MA - Robbery
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Gas Station - Topeka, KS - Armed Robbery
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Gas Station - Maumelle, AR - Armed Robbery
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Gun Shop - Craven County, NC - Burglary
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JC Penney - Danville, VA - Burglary
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Jewelry - Boston, MA - Robbery
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Jewelry - Idaho Springs, CO - Robbery
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Music Store - Imperial, MO - Burglary
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Restaurant - San Lorenzo, CA - Burglary
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Rite Aid - Washington, DC - Burglary
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Sprint - Danville, VA - Burglary
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T-Mobile - Danville, VA - Burglary
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Tobacco Shop - Bristol, CT - Burglary
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Verizon - Danville, VA - Burglary
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1 killing
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