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Fraudster Hit Apple stores in 16 states with old fake phone validation scheme
for $309,000 The U.S. Secret Service has arrested a Florida man
for federal wire fraud related to $309,000 in credit card transactions at Apple
retail store that exploited a procedural vulnerability and the willingness of
employees to complete a sale. Parrish has 11 previous arrests by the Tampa
Police or surrounding Hillsborough County Sheriff (HCSO). According to the
Secret Service, Parrish would visit Apple stores and present his own credit
cards that were not reported stolen, but whose accounts were closed. When an
Apple employee swiped the credit card, it would be declined—no reason is
typically provided to the retailer for such a declination. Parrish would then
express surprise, and pretend to telephone his bank directly as the Apple
employee listened. After a conversation with a supposed customer service agent,
Parrish would verbally give the Apple store employee the required six-digit
authorization number that is usually automatically generated and displayed by
the point-of-sale device. He would instruct the employee to “force post” the
transaction using that number. Against Chase and SunTrust policy, the criminal
complaint says, the employee would manually process the transaction and manually
enter the authorization number provided by Parrish. Using this fraudulent
technique, the complaint says, Parrish made 42 different purchases from various
Apple stores, including the four stores noted above. “Because the Apple
employees overrode the initial declination,” the criminal complaint says,
“Apple, not the financial institution, suffered the loss.”
(Source
ifoapplestore.com)
 Professional
Thieves net large haul at Best Buy=$6,000+ in one hit Kingsport police say five individuals recently worked in concert to pull off
a precision shoplifting heist at Best Buy, distracting employees and exiting
with totes full of smaller items valued at more than $6,000. Revealed through
security footage — the men cut the plastic tops off the packaging to 37 separate
items: 20 "activity tracker" wristbands, 11 sets of headphones, and six GPS
watches. The duo is alleged to have then "scattered" the merchandise throughout
bottom shelves of aisles. At approximately the same time, two females entered
the store "carrying large totes." Police say they filled the containers with
items the men had placed on bottom shelving, all while the men "stood over them,
watching for security guards." With half the merchandise now boxed up, the women
headed toward the exit with their totes. Before they passed through and out into
the parking lot, according to police, a third male entered and distracted an
employee by the door, asking persistent questions about an item in a Best Buy
ad. With half their bounty now secured, the women reportedly re-entered the
store. All the suspects "performed this task once more," according to a police
report, "collecting the other half of the items." Police are now sharing some of
those images with the public, hoping to obtain information on the shoplifters.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Kingsport police at 229-9429 or
246-9111. (Source
timesnews.net)
 Florida
convicts committing identity theft from behind bars Channel 9 anchor
Vanessa Welch learned inmates are ripping off consumer credit card numbers,
using them to get cash and redirecting the money to family and friends back
home. Welch sat down with one family, the Bashwiners, who easily fell for the
scam and now think prisoners have too much freedom. The Bashwiners traveled to
Walt Disney World to celebrate a daughter's birthday. They checked into the
Polynesian Resort hotel and went straight to the Magic Kingdom. But when they
returned to their hotel room, the phone rang. “They told us it was the front
desk, and our American Express, there was a problem with it. Do we have another
card? So I gave them our debit card,” explained Kristine Bashwiner. Kristine had
no clue that she had been tricked by Florida prison inmate Damion Goldsmith, who
was already serving time for credit card fraud. (Source
wftv.com)
ORC gang member out on bail sent back to jail in Framingham - Goes back to TJ
Maxx stores after court order to stay out! Dedham woman, part of a
large-scale shoplifting gang responsible for stealing nearly $48,000 worth of
merchandise throughout the state sent to jail. In the report, police said
Burrell is part of a group that stole clothing and other merchandise valued at
more than $47,600, from stores in Framingham, Milford, Norwell and Bedford. T.J.
Maxx security recorded Burrell in T.J. Maxx at least two times since the court
order was issued. Judge David Cunis ruled that Jasmine Burrell, 25, violated the
terms of her earlier release by repeatedly going to T.J. Maxx in Framingham
against the court's order. On Thursday, Burrell was back in court for a pretrial
conference, and prosecutor Ben Franklin asked Cunis to revoke Burrell's bail.
Burrell is charged with larceny of property worth more than $250 from T.J. Maxx
in Framingham in June. According to a Framingham Police report filed in court,
Burrell stole more than $1,500 worth of clothing that day.
(Source
wickedlocal.com)
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