Credit Card Skimming Ring Arrested in Michigan
Eight suspects who were allegedly involved in credit card skimming operations in western Michigan are now being charged in federal court. The suspects face charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud,...
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Guardians of the Golden Arches: The McDonald’s U.S. Security and Loss...
While loss prevention may be a universal focus for retail organizations, the way that the loss prevention program is approached and implemented can provide us wide a wide spectrum of possibilities and...
View ArticleBreaking News in the Industry: March 30, 2016
Retail stores: Embrace smartphone technology, or it’s your funeral The time for retail stores to get with the mobile program is now. Stores that fail to embrace in-store technology – namely integrating...
View ArticleCredit Card Skimming: A Crime against the Brand
Editor’s Note: The following article provides an excellent narrative regarding the ongoing concerns associated with credit card skimming. As retailers and companies issuing credit cards in the United...
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Breaking News in the Industry: July 20, 2016
Embezzlement Study: a Report on White Collar Crime in America Hiscox, an international specialist insurer, recently released the 2016 Hiscox Embezzlement Study, a comprehensive study of employee theft...
View ArticleBreaking News in the Industry: September 26, 2016
Washington mall shooting: Police arrest 20-year-old suspect One day after a shooting left five people dead at a mall north of Seattle, authorities arrested a 20-year-old suspect Saturday after an...
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The Fundamentals of Credit Card Skimmer Fraud
A credit card skimmer is a device by which thieves and fraudsters steal credit card information. Often these events will occur in the retail setting, but there are other ways and means by which the...
View ArticleBreaking News in the Industry: June 27, 2016
Organized retail crime bill signed by New York Governor State Assemblyman Michael Cusick announced Thursday that Governor Cuomo has signed his bill, designed to combat organized retail crime....
View ArticleBreaking News in the Industry: November 10, 2016
What President Trump means for retailers After a long election night that defied many pollsters’ predictions, Donald J. Trump is set to become the next president of the United States. In his acceptance...
View ArticleBreaking News in the Industry: July 27, 2017
Dallas Cowboy cleared of shoplifting claims; police apologize This is a follow-up to a report we brought you on Tuesday. Lucky Whitehead was not responsible for a shoplifting incident in Woodbridge,...
View ArticleBreaking News in the Industry: July 28, 2017
Almost 300 cartons of counterfeit toys seized at Charleston port Protecting our shores from the constant threat of copyright infringement, US Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Field Operations...
View ArticleBreaking News in the Industry: July 31, 2017
Michigan man sentenced for organized retail crime scheme A Kingsley, Michigan, man will spend at least three years in prison for his stealing and reselling video games amid discovered during a broader...
View ArticleDeputy, Loss Prevention Associate Assaulted, Hospitalized
Around 11:00 PM on Saturday, police reports say that a man assaulted a Kalamazoo County Deputy and loss prevention associate with a metal flashlight. The suspect, who wasn’t identified in the story,...
View ArticleBreaking News in the Industry: August 1, 2017
New York man arrested for credit card fraud; facing over 100 counts Police said they arrested a man Wednesday after reports of a suspected credit card fraud incident at Whole Foods. Glastonbury,...
View ArticleSuspect Pulls Knife Stolen from Store on LP Team
A 62-year-old transient man in Califonia was arrested after allegedly stealing merchandise from Walmart and using that merchandise against the store loss prevention associates confronting him,...
View ArticleBreaking News in the Industry: August 2, 2017
Deputy recovering after being assaulted responding to shoplifting call [Update] In the Monday, July 31 issue of the LP Insider, we brought you a story about a Kalamazoo County Deputy and LP Associate...
View ArticleOff-Duty Police Officer Fatally Shoots Suspected Shoplifter
A suspected shoplifter was fatally shot to death by an off-duty, Baltimore County police officer who was working security. The officer was in full uniform but did not have a body camera, when he...
View ArticleCA Woman Arrested, Accused of Shoplifting; Trying to Run over LP
Police arrested a woman accused of a robbery at a retail store in Palm Springs, then assaulting store loss prevention associates and trying to run them over with her car Monday afternoon. 38-year-old,...
View ArticleBreaking News in the Industry: August 3, 2017
Michigan police take down $300K theft-to-pawn ring The owner of iPawn Shop in Detroit, and one store associate will be arraigned in 36th District Court on multiple felony charges stemming from a...
View ArticleShoplifting Traffic Stop Turns Fatal
A Hammond, Louisiana, man was in critical condition Wednesday with severe head trauma and a Tickfaw man left dead after a suspected shoplifting traffic stop ended in a wreck. Brandon McKay, 30, of...
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