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 Mesa,
Ariz., Fencing operation - pawn shop busted selling stolen merchandise - 16
arrested - more details and video tomorrow - Sources say $1.5M value exclusively
to the Daily East Valley police said they've completed an operation
called Operation Bond Ammo resulting
in numerous arrests and the recovery of hundreds of guns as well as thousands of
stolen items. According to police, the recovered items were stolen from
individuals and retailers. They said the Organized Retail Crime Association
helped police identify items stolen from Target, Walmart and Kroger.
(Source
ktar.com) (Source
kpho.com)
Counterfeit credit/debit card fraud ring busted in Nashville
Several suspects are arrested Monday after they attempted to purchase gift cards
from various Wal Marts by swiping encoded credit/debit cards, according to an
affidavit. Police received information that the suspects were encoding the card
numbers at a south Nashville motel and followed them. Arrested are 26-year-old
Olayinka Gangura, 32-year-old Olakunle Ijiti, 24-year-old Doris Turay and
25-year-old Samuel Cole for criminal simulation. Police say they observed
Bangura attempting to purchase three $400 gift cards at the Wal Mart at 4040
Nolensville Pike by swiping several cards from her purse. Another suspect
purchased two $400 gift cards from the Wal Mart at 5531 Edmondson Pike. Numerous
counterfeit/encoded credit/debit cards were recovered by police at the suspects'
hotel. Two laptops, a card encoder and several gift cards were also confiscated.
(Source
fox17.com)
Philadelphia Female Fraudster - Refunder gets 23 month prison sentence
Stealing credit cards from restaurant customers the suspect along with an
unidentified suspect would buy and return merchandise at King of Prussia Mall
stores. (Source
mainlinemedia.com)
 West
Valley, Utah Police thank public for identifying Lenscrafter theft suspects
West Valley police are thanking the public for helping them identify two people
suspected of stealing from a Lenscrafter store. On April 11, police asked the
public for help identifying the men who stole $2,700 worth of merchandise from
the store. Tipsters contacted police with possible identities of the two men and
even provided screen shots of one man’s Facebook page where police said he was
offering stolen sunglasses for sale. Police arrested Joseph Welch, 33, during a
traffic stop April 12. Police said they located some of the stolen merchandise
with Welch. He was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail for investigation of
felony theft and multiple outstanding warrants. (Source
ksl.com)
Secret Service tracks sophisticated Wal-Mart fraud
Using phony barcode stickers and counterfeit receipts, five people stole
merchandise from Wal-Mart stores from Florida to Texas and conned the retail
giant out of more than $100,000 in bogus refunds, authorities say. The group
built on common forms of organized retail theft – known as “UPC switching” –
involving fake universal product codes to bring a new level of sophistication to
theft by cracking the stores’ receipt codes and forging receipts to get cash
refunds. Wal-Mart spokeswoman Dianna Gee said the group employed tactics she has
not seen before. She said the company is always looking for ways to prevent
theft and would investigate any changes needed to combat the methods in this
case. The conspirators would hone in on items that were generally similar but
often had much different prices – things like extension cords, water filters,
golf balls and lawn chemicals. They would buy a high-priced extension cord, for
example, and buy or steal numerous lower-priced extension cords. Then they’d
copy the high-priced barcode and make stickers to cover the barcodes of the
cheaper extension cords. (Source
tbo.com)
 Two
Women Charged in the theft of over $800 in merchandise from Belk in Jackson, TN
Jackson Police have charged two Ripley women with shoplifting over $800 worth of
merchandise from Belk and seized an SUV in an ongoing theft investigation.
Officers found Midkiff's 2005 Chevy Trailblazer on the parking lot. Officers
noticed that there appeared to be stolen merchandise from Kirkland's, J.C. Penny
and Kohl's inside the SUV. Kelly Midkiff, 40, and Dawanda Pickett, 45, were both
arraigned Monday morning in Jackson City Court for felony theft.
(Source
wbbjtv.com)
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