Nine charged following $808,450 U.S. credit card scam in UK
The charges relate to an investigation by Greater Manchester Police's Volume Fraud Team into reports that compromised credit cards were used to place orders with wholesale companies over the telephone. It is estimated there are more than 60 crimes with victims all across the country. The combined value of the goods stolen is around 500,000 pounds over an 18-month period dating from June 2011 to November 2012. (Source rochdaleonline.co.uk)

Trio busted with dozens of fake credit cards
Three adults from New York City were arrested in Montgomery County on Wednesday after State Police discovered 115 fraudulent credit cards in their car. Inside the car, officials found 115 fraudulent credit cards hidden in two false-bottom drink mix containers. The three suspects were arrested and charged with 115 counts of Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument. (Source cbsalbany.com)

Parolee busted stealing nine pair of gloves from Saks Fifth Ave. store in Chicago
A security officer saw Mallett removing nine pairs of gloves totaling about $1,480 from the display at Saks in the 700 block of North Michigan Avenue. When two additional security agents confronted Mallett on the street after he hid the gloves on himself and exited the store, they asked him to give the merchandise back but Mallett threw two pairs on the ground and fled east, the report said. The guards called 911 and officers chased Mallett for about five blocks before apprehending him about 3 p.m. in the 200 block of North LaSalle Street, police said. Mallett was serving a ten years sentence for a 2007 robbery conviction but was paroled on Sept. 11, 2012, according to the Cook County sheriff’s office. Records show Mallet was also convicted of felony retail theft in 2001 and in 1993. (Source chicagotribune.com)

Clarksville Police request Public’s assistance in identifying Local Organized Retail Crime Group  The Clarksville Police Department has provided a video and photos of an organized retail crime group that has hit several stores in Governor Square Mall, at 2801 Wilma Rudolph Boulevard, for several thousand dollars. Clarksville Police is asking the public to help with identifying these individuals and/or any information about them. They work in groups and are using special tools to remove the sensor tags. This group is, also, training younger individuals who are not included in the video or pictures. If anyone can identify any of the individuals in the video or the pictures; or, if you see this type of suspicious activity happening, please, contact the Clarksville Police Department at 931.648.0656 or the Crime Stoppers TIPS hotline at 931.645.TIPS (8477). (Source clarksvilleonline.com)



Sterling, ILL., Police Look For Thieves Hitting Multiple Stores
Police in Sterling, Ill. are looking for help identifying two retail theft suspects. According to police, on Saturday, September 21, 2013, officers were called to Kohl's and Wal-Mart Supercenter in Sterling on two separate occasions. (Source kwqc.com)



Four arrested in $15,000 Hair Extension theft in Houston  The store owner stated that he had a feeling that one of the suspects that appeared on the surveillance tape was tied to a phone call he received about a particular piece of hair approximately 10 minutes prior to robbery. He told the young lady to go by the store and pick up the hair and that is when he states he received the call from his employee informing him that they were robbed. That phone call and that cell number became critical in helping Farooq find out more details about the robbery and who might have been involved. “These young ladies deserve to end up on America’s dumbest criminals,” said Farooq. “I called the detective and said these girls are on Instagram with the hair in their head are talking about it and are saying Mr. Indian Hair looks great. I was like, oh wow this is crazy.” (Source forwardtimesonline.com)

Saginaw, Michigan man sentenced to 2 years in prison; four counts of Organized Retail Crime  Saginaw County Circuit Judge Janet M. Boes on Tuesday, Oct. 22, sentenced Eric K. Kjellen for five felonies. The judge sentenced the 36-year-old Kjellen to two years and six months to 20 years in prison for four counts of organized retail crime and a single count of conspiring to commit that crime. Boes gave Kjellen credit for 118 days, or just less than four months. Kjellen in September pleaded guilty to the charges and, in exchange, prosecutors dropped a fifth such organized retail crime charge and recommended the minimum sentence that Boes ultimately handed down. (Source mlive.com)
 

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