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 Raleigh
police bust major ORC theft ring hitting Sam's Club & selling loot at local flea
market
Investigators believe they have stopped a major theft ring involving nearly
2,000 items stolen from a Raleigh Sam’s Club to be sold at a local flea market.
Edgar Armando Alvarez, 38, is accused of leading the organized retail theft ring
where thieves took merchandise from area stores, sold them to Alvarez for cash,
who then sells them at Watson’s Flea Market. Authorities were tipped about the
ring after Travis Ashley Seamster, 30, and Dana Brooke Whitley, 33, were
arrested on April 18 on shoplifting and armed robbery charges. A security guard
at the Sam's Club confronted a man and a woman about shoplifting and the man
pulled a knife before the pair dropped the merchandise and ran. Seamster told
investigators he sold stolen merchandise to Alvarez for cash multiple times
within the past year, and did so under the watch of Raleigh detectives in April.
“The cooperating defendant delivered numerous new hammers, tape measures and
gloves for $160,” the warrant said. Alvarez, who was arrested after the
transaction, is charged with organized retail theft, possession of stolen
goods/property and receiving stolen goods/property. Police seized over 1,900
items from Alvarez’ home on April 19. All the items were taken from the Sam’s
Club on South Saunders Street, including: tools, electronics, H&B, clothing,
auto supplies and jewelry. Police believe Alvarez stored the stolen goods in his
home before selling them at the flea market. (Source
wral.com)
 International
Cybercriminal 'Eskalibur' gets 14 yrs in prison for stealing and selling 118,000
credit cards that were used in South Florida stores The stolen credit
card numbers were used to buy merchandise in South Florida stores, but U.S.
Secret Service agents traced the fraud to a man in Ukraine who used the online
nickname "Eskalibur." On Tuesday, a federal judge
in Fort Lauderdale sentenced Egor Shevelev, the man behind the mythical name, to
14 years in prison for trafficking more than 118,000 stolen and fraudulent
credit card numbers. Shevelev, 27, was one of the world's top online salesmen of
stolen credit card numbers and operated a cyberfraud that crossed international
borders, targeting victims in South Florida and New York, according to the U.S.
Attorney's Office. In February, Shevelev admitted that he was one of the
ringleaders of the multimillion-dollar fraud, which he operated from his
apartment in Kiev. Prosecutors said the potential loss was more than $59
million, but the actual loss to hundreds of victims has been impossible to
calculate. (Source
sun-sentinel.com)
 Five
member crew hitting stores with stolen & counterfeit credit cards in Bay County
and entire Panhandle Five people are suspected of being responsible
for thousands of dollars in losses due to the theft of credit card numbers and
the use of counterfeit credit cards in Bay County and, possibly, the entire
Panhandle, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release. While
investigating the theft and fraudulent use of a credit card by a victim in Bay
County, BCSO investigators developed information that a group of suspects were
involved. The suspects, three men and two women, are believed to have conducted
numerous transactions in mid-March using counterfeit credit cards encoded with
stolen numbers. The group has been captured on security cameras in businesses
using the fraudulent cards. Anyone with information on these suspects is asked
to contact Investigator Craig Romans by telephone at (850) 248-2075 or email at
craig.romans@bayso.org. (Source
newsherald.com)
 Smyrna
police looking for male-female duo ORC suspects hitting stores in Cobb, Fulton,
Dunwoody, and Smyrna, Ga. Authorities identified the two shoplifters
as Anthony Barnes, 24, and Nashara Arnold, 24. The duo is accused of going into
Cobb Blvd.'s T.J. Maxx department store and stealing over $1,300 in clothing. In
addition to several stores in Cobb, the suspects reportedly hit stores in Fulton
and Dunwoody as well. According to Officer Barnes, the duo would steal clothing
from one store and take the merchandise to another store and return it for cash.
(Source
examiner.com)
 One
woman crime wave in Columbus, Ohio stealing thousands using motorized cart - 11
counts so far "She's very open about it. She'll open merchandise in
the store. She'll open cigarettes in the store. She'll even smoke in the store
while she's stealing. She'll go to the shoe department, she'll steal one new
shoe, place it on herself and leave. And leave the box behind with the other
shoe." Juanita Praither isn't your typical shopper, but authorities say she's
managed to grab thousands of dollars in merchandise -- and, not pay a single
penny. Police believe Praither takes items she can quickly turn into cash.
Hedrick says Praither's been busted shoplifting several times at several stores
on the same day, but that she's skipped all her court appearances.
(Source
abc6onyourside.com)
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