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Two
shopkeepers busted running ORC ring in York City,
Pa.
Police bust two shopkeepers in York City for
operating a retail theft ring out of a corner bodega
along the 200 block South Penn Street. Li Jang Wang,
61, and Yu Ping Xu, 57, are facing numerous charges
including organized retail theft, receiving stolen
property and possession of drug paraphernalia. The
pair is accused of paying thieves money for stolen
merchandise and then reselling it to customers out
of “Yongs” bodega. (Source
fox43.com)
Best Buy Pittsburg ORC ring still at large
The ORC gang that hit the Best Buy stores before the
holidays in Ross Township, in the Pittsburg, Pa.,
area are still at large and the police are still
working the case. (Source
triblive.com)
Target
shoplifting crew sought in San Pedro
Police are working to identify a shoplifting crew
that filled up two shopping carts full of
merchandise at a Target store in San Pedro and made
off with the loot in a carefully orchestrated crime.
The entire crime - from entering the store to
filling up the carts to speeding away in the parking
lot - was captured by store surveillance cameras. "I
just need someone who can identify one or any or all
of them," Los Angeles police Detective Don Eldridge
said. "They hit another one in Hawthorne just before
they hit that Target in Pedro." Eldridge asked
anyone with information about the group to call him
at 310-726-7853. (Source
dailynews.com)
Victoria’s Secret store hit again in Gastonia, NC;
losing another $2000.
The same store that was hit last Tuesday was
struck again on Saturday evening. This time the
thieves were able to steal 168 pair of underwear
valued at $2100. The theft last Tuesday netted the
thieves $2500 of merchandise.
(Source
wistv.com)
Georgia Police looking for a iPad thief hitting
Walmart for thousands.
The suspect, Ebony Washington purchases the iPad
with cash and leaves the store, only to return a few
minutes later for a return. Unfortunately, inside
the re-sealed iPad box is a pad of notebook paper
instead of the iPad. The suspect has hit Walmart
store in Douglasville and Newnan twice, along with
stores in College Park, Dunwoody, Marietta,
Woodstock, Kennesaw, Dallas and Austell. Washington
is wanted of 21 outstanding warrants from New
Jersey, North Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania and
Georgia. (Source
wsbtv.com)
Organized
Retail Crime:
Estimated Lost Sales Tax Revenue by State
The Food Marketing Institute has released a
report containing Organized Retail Crime:
Estimated Lost Sales Tax Revenue by State.
Here are the last of the remaining states.
Click here to see all what's been published.
State |
Annual Sales - Retail
Trade and Food Services (2009) |
State % of Annual
Retail Sales |
Est. Amount of Stolen
Merchandise Attributed to ORC (by
State) |
State Sales Tax Rates
|
Est. Lost Sales Tax
Revenue Attributed to ORC (by State) |
Vermont |
$10,471,453,069 |
0.24% |
$72,702,929 |
6.00% |
$4,362,176 |
Virginia |
$119,784,372,151 |
2.77% |
$831,658,662 |
4.00% |
$33,266,346 |
Washington |
$97,463,755,385 |
2.26% |
$676,687,409 |
6.50% |
$43,984,682 |
West Virginia |
$24,338,144,567 |
0.56% |
$168,978,878 |
6.00% |
$10,138,733 |
Wisconsin |
$76,251,637,365 |
1.76% |
$529,412,423 |
5.00% |
$26,470,621 |
Wyoming |
$9,824,004,472 |
0.23% |
$68,207,716 |
4.00% |
$2,728,309 |
*Note:
States with no state sales tax were
omitted (AK, DE, MT, NH, and OR) |
For more
information on organized retail crime, visit
FMI's issue page.
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