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Michigan
Gov. Rick Snyder signs legislation establishing the
Organized Retail Crime Act To
protect consumers by cracking down on the increasing
prevalence of retail fraud. The governor called for the
legislation in his special message on public safety.
House Bills 5843 and 5902, sponsored by state Rep. Joe
Graves, would make it a felony punishable by up to five
years' imprisonment if a person is found guilty of
knowingly committing organized retail crime. This
includes the theft of retail merchandise with the intent
or purpose of reselling, distributing, or transferring
the stolen retail merchandise to another retail merchant
or to any other person personally, through the mail, or
through any electronic medium, including the internet,
in exchange for anything of value. The measures are now
Public Acts 455 and 456 of 2012. (Source
tctimes.com)
Chicago's "Operation Whoville" busts 108 suspects in
covert undercover sting operations over the holiday
season The investigation, dubbed
"Operation Whoville," involved a series of separate
covert undercover sting operations at six Chicago-area
malls, including North Riverside, Old Orchard, Orland
Square, Woodfield, Gurnee Mills and the Aurora Outlet
Malls, a release from Cook County State’s Attorney Anita
Alvarez said. Arrests were also made at shops on
Michigan Avenue and State Street in Chicago. A total of
108 individuals were arrested over the last month and
charged with theft of a wide variety of products
including clothing, electronics and jewelry, the release
said. The accused also allegedly stole over-the-counter
medicines and baby formula from big box retail outlets.
The investigation targeted those who authorities believe
steal products from retailers and then pass along the
stolen goods to major "fencing" operations who resell
them for significant untaxed profits.
(Source
nbcchicago.com)
Redding, Pa., trio arrested for string of retail
robberies
On December 28, 2012 the Redding Police
Department arrested three suspects involved in several
cases that occurred over the past few weeks. Hitting
Kohl's, J.C. Penney, Sportsman's Warehouse, and
Wal-Mart. The suspects had also been identified stealing
over $2,000 of baby merchandise from Walmart in Redding
during the month of November. (Source
anewscafe.com)
ORC ring hitting Walmart for thousands in baby formula
in Houston, Tx. A man is accused of stealing
thousands of dollars worth of baby formula from an area
Walmart store as part of what police say is an organized
theft ring. Hawkins is suspected in an organized theft
ring involving baby formula, court documents say. Police
say the ring targets an area Walmart two or three times,
then moves onto another store. (Source
go.com)
Shoplifting ring busted at Walmart with two employees
involved in Buffalo, N.Y.
Authorities say they've charged two Walmart employees
and two other people with being part of a shoplifting
ring that stole more than $7,000 in merchandise from a
suburban Buffalo store. State police say managers at the
Walmart Supercenter in the town of Clarence contacted
troopers on Christmas Eve to report that they had spent
the past month gathering evidence of several employees
involved in an ongoing shoplifting scheme.
(Source
yahoo.com)
Booster bag and security tools used by female duo in
Macy's at Eastview Mall in Victor, Ca.
Ontario County Sheriff's Deputies tell News10NBC that
two women were arrested Tuesday after attempting to
steal almost $300 in merchandise from a store in
Eastview Mall in Victor. Deputies say that Smith had a
bag that was modified to aid shoplifting and a tool
commonly used to remove security sensors from clothing.
(Source
whec.com) |
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