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$6 million multi-state box-stuffing ORC crew busted
in San Diego Five
people are in custody and two others are being
sought in what authorities described as an
interstate shoplifting ring that netted as much as
$6 million. In November 2008, police began
investigating a crew that would enter a store like
Target and head for the electronics department.
According to documents obtained by 10News, once in
the electronics area the group would employ a
box-stuffing technique -- removing an item from a
large box and then refilling it with thousands of
dollars worth of electronic items. The group would
then reseal the box and either pay for the original
item or somehow take the box out of the store. Once
removed from the store, the documents said the group
would sell the items on eBay or to people who would
frequently buy from them. Arrest warrants indicated
surveillance video captured the crew in the act at
dozens of stores a day across several states.
(Source
10news.com)
Another example of cooperation
between Retailers and Law
Enforcement in Combating ORC in
South Florida
submitted by Anthony
R. Sheppard, CVS/Caremark,
Nationwide Mgr, ORC Team
On
Tuesday, January 17, 2012, CVS LP
Director James Lynch and Walgreens
ORC Supervisor Ben Dugan presented
members of the Broward and Palm
Beach Sheriff's Office with awards
for their exemplary investigative
efforts in a September 2011
investigation named "Operation Tooth
Decay." During this investigation by
Law enforcement and Retail
investigators it was determined that
seven professional boosters would
travel to multiple counties and
professionally shoplift power tooth
brushes, replacement heads and Crest
white strips. The investigation
determined that in a ten day period,
the boosters struck in excess of 200
retail stores in S. Florida to
include CVS, Walgreens, and several
other retailers. The Broward and
Palm Beach County Sheriff's Offices
were able to indentify an e-commerce
fence who sold the stolen product
throughout the US. In September 2011
the Broward and Palm Beach Sheriffs
Offices executed a court authorized
search warrant of the fence location
which was a Boca Raton pawn shop.
During this search warrant, $80,000
in stolen product was recovered and
a significant amount of assets were
seized. This investigation is a
superb illustration of the
cooperation between law enforcement
and retail investigators in
combating ORC. The following ORC
Detectives were recognized for their
superior investigative work in
identifying, penetrating, and
dismantling a multi-million dollar
ORC group in S. Florida, and
impacting retailers throughout South
Florida.
Broward County Sheriffs Office
Sergeant Richard Rossman, and
Detective Ronald Faircloth. Palm
Beach County Sheriffs Office
Sergeant Keith Conley, Detective
Robert Banuchi, Detective John
Giufree, and Detective Ryan Miller.
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ORC ring ripping off 23 Wal-Marts in the Houston
area busted for over $250,000 in stolen merchandise
Houston Police officers have arrested three people
in connection with high-dollar shoplifting sprees at
area Wal-Marts. Wal-Mart cooperated with the
investigation conducted by the regional Major Crimes
Task Force and circulated a sort of wanted flyer to
all area Wal-Mart stores. "Their lookouts worked.
They put them out to the stores and those employees
recognized the suspects when they came into the
store and knew that they were involved in other
crimes," said Sgt. Scott Atwood with the Houston
Police Major Offenders Unit. (Source
chron.com)
11 more indicted in Mid-West identity theft ring
operating our of the Twin Cities
The ID-theft ring involved "a complex plot to
defraud banks and retail businesses, primarily in
the Midwest," the Justice Department said. Earlier
this month, prosecutors said nearly 100 people were
involved in the ring in some fashion.
(Source
twincities.com)
Highway Interdiction Unit intercepts Miami
shoplifting crew with over $17K in stolen property
An organized Miami shoplifting crew on a return trip
from an Interstate fueled shoplifting adventure was
intercepted during an I-75 traffic stop Thursday
afternoon. Three suspects, apparently targeting
numerous clothing outlets along the Interstate
corridor were arrested with an entire van full of
stolen clothing with anti shoplifting devices still
attached. (Source
fortmyersbeachtalk.com)
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