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 Kroger,
Macy's and FYE stores helps bust Charleston, W.Va. fencing operation -
retail
store - 'Middle East Mart' Charleston Police raided the
business after
an eight month under cover investigation of retail organized crime fencing
operation. Undercover officers were made aware that the business had been
receiving stolen property, and that led to the investigation. Undercover
officers had been selling employees at the business items that those employees
believed were stolen. Those items were marked. During the raid of the business,
officers located those stolen items, marijuana, and an undisclosed amount of
cash in a back room. Police say the store owner would give well-known-thieves a
shopping list -- sending them out to get high end purses, food, and even DVDs
and CDs. Charleston Police Sergeant Bobby Eggleston says they worked with major
retailers Macy's, Kroger, and the music store FYE to crack these cases.
Sergeant
Eggelston says the thieves are people the police know on a first-name-basis. The
store is just a few steps away from the Charleston Transit Mall a well-known
trouble spot in downtown Charleston. In the last week and a half nearly
two-dozen arrests have happened in that area related to outstanding warrants,
drugs, and harassment. (Source
wsaz.com) (Source
wowktv.com)
Two US
men plead guilty for their role in $15M global hacking operation
Robert Dubuc, 40, from Massachusetts along with Oleg Pidtergerya, 49, of New
York, used information stolen from more than 12 banks, payroll processing
companies, brokerage firms and government agencies - in their effort, more than
$15 million in funds have been reportedly stolen. Once a bank account was
compromised, the cybercriminals then sent the information to others, accused of
withdrawing funds from ATM accounts or making fraudulent purchases in New York,
Massachusetts, Georgia, Illinois and other locations. They both face 25 years in
prison. (Source
tweaktown.com)
Five
males - ORC gang hits cell phone stores in Seminole County, Fla. - one
arrested & charged with ORC Hitting a Verizon and AT&T
stores they
selected phones and left without paying and escaped in a stolen vehicle. In
their last hit they left one suspect behind who was arrested and charged with
ORC in Seminole County. (Source
seminolechronical.com)
Public helped police ID and
capture serial Walmart thief in Riverhead, N.Y.
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