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NY Woman Pleads Guilty In $250K Gift Card Fraud From Lowes
A New York woman has pleaded guilty to defrauding a home
improvement company by pretending to be with its information
technology department and getting employees to set up gift
cards. According to her plea agreement, Abellard called
employees at Lowe’s stores around the country pretending to
be from the IT department. Prosecutors say Abellard would
claim there were problems with a register, ask an employee
to run diagnostics and do a test transaction. Officials say
the test transaction would require putting a credit of about
$3,500 on Lowe’s gift cards which Abellard held. Prosecutors
say Lowe’s lost more than $250,000. (Source
theepochtimes.com)
 Smash-and-grab burglars hit for hair extensions - A growing
problem in St. Louis - 14th incident in a month
Two men rammed a pickup into the store and stole
thousands of dollars of hair extensions, one of the most
popular items to steal for re-sale. This is a growing crime
in St Louis. Rarely a week goes by that another business
isn't hit by such thieves taking electronics, liquor,
cigarettes. Several of those businesses have been beauty
supply stores, like Eid's, owner of Kay Beauty Supply. On Memorial Day, for example,
thieves rammed a truck into Kings Beauty supply store near
the Halls Ferry Circle and made off with boxes of the
extensions. At the end of May, police across the metro area
had counted at least 14 similar crimes since April 25.
(Source
stltodaty.com) (Source
ksdk.com)
 Man and woman orc duo hitting Wal-Mart stores in Berea and
Williamsburg, KY., for computers
Police say the man used other merchandise, such as pet
food or toilet paper, to conceal the PCs. In one theft,
video cameras capture images of the suspect leaving the
store and removing his jacket at his car. He goes back
inside, grabs the cart and walks right out the door.
Investigators say a man and woman worked as accomplices
during the most recent theft. (Source
lex18.com)
Target Loss Prevention in Cleveland planned the apprehension
on elusive suspect. Target Loss Prevention in University
Heights knew that a suspect had hit the store for
electronics early Saturday mornings for the past few weeks,
so they were ready and waiting this past Saturday. The
suspect entered the store like clockwork and was apprehended
after attempting again to steal more electronics. The
suspect was charged with the theft over $1400 in
merchandise. (Source
cleveland.com) |
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