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America's #2 Retailer -
Kroger's AP Efforts Paying Off
Appoints 1st VP AP, April 2017 & Centralizes AP With New AP Team
With nearly 2,760 grocery
stores & 252 jewelry stores in 35 states, under two dozen banners & annual sales
of more than $121.1 billion, Kroger today ranks as one of the world's largest
retailers.
The Kroger Co. was named as one of the 2018 50 Best Companies for Diversity -
Black Enterprise
The Kroger Co. was named #18 on the 2018 Harris Poll Reputation Quotient®
Rankings - The Harris Poll
The Kroger Co. was named #16 in America's Top 50 Organizations for Multicultural
Business Opportunities - Omnikal
Kroger's New Investment On 1st VP of AP Role in April 2017
Followed by Centralizing the AP Effort With
New Corp. Team
Paying Off - Here's the Proof
Kroger's New CFO, Gary Millerchip, Recognizes Continuous Shrink Improvement
Delivering Improved Results in 7 Straight Quarters
First Quarter financial results conference call transcript from yesterday's
call with shareholders & media.
June 20, 2019 - First Quarter 2019 Results Prepared Remarks:
Our associates have done an amazing job managing shrink, which improved during
the first quarter compared to the prior year. This represents the
7th
consecutive quarter of shrink rate improvement.
Sept. 13, 2018 - Q2 2018 Earnings Release Prepared Remarks: "Looking at
gross margin, we were pleased to see that our
shrink rate
continued to improve during the second quarter."
June 21,2018 - Q1 2018 Earnings Release Prepared Remarks: "A big focus continues
to be on store productivity and waste.
Our teams
controlled shrink well in the first quarter. As we've said before, we won't
leave a penny on the table as we seek to reinvest savings to grow our business."
March 8, 2018 - Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2017 Results Prepared Remarks: "We are
also pleased that
shrink
continued its steady improvement throughout the year with good results in
the fourth quarter."
 Shrink
improvement and waste has been a major focus at Kroger. Which is why they
staffed a Vice President level position, Mike Lamb in April 2017. Their first
ever VP level AP executive in their long history.
Prior to that they had two Director level executives splitting responsibilities.
With one, the Dir. of LP position, also being Kroger's first ever Dir. of LP
role they staffed in Jan. 2008.
With one Dir. covering shrink in a shortage control and merchandise protection
type function and the other covering Loss Prevention with an emphasis on
security, front end shortages (rolled out first EBR program) , store audits,
standardizing field job functions, and managing Kroger's in-house central
station alarm operations.
The new Vice President role combined the two corporate functions in one position
and started standardizing, refining, and broadening the AP processes throughout
the company.
With the twenty two banners operating totally independently in a decentralized
organization this made the standardization efforts even more difficult to
accomplishment
However they've been very successful in redefining the AP functions, increasing
the impact, and gaining company wide support.
With the comments being made over the last 18 months in quarterly and full year
conference calls by the CFO's, they're seeing some significant and continuous
shrink improvement, which is obviously a reflection of the new corporate
leadership, new structure, and the entire AP team's efforts throughout all of
the divisions. It's great to see a new officer level position in the AP
community having such an impact.
ir.korger.com
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Turning a Battleship
Kroger's Centralization Effort Driving Results
The Story - The Team - The Effort
How Kroger built the new model and how the new centralized effort is
driving results.
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Rarely Seen
Recognition of LP/AP Efforts Mentioned in Financial Results Conference Calls
Share Yours with the LP/AP Community - Great For All of the LP/AP Teams & Retail
Industry to See
We don't see it often but when we do - it deserves to be called out to the
industry and to the LP/AP Teams across America. As it's a strong positive
reflection for the entire industry and establishes a goal for every team
throughout retail. And obviously it's great to acknowledge all the work and
efforts the Kroger AP team and leadership team has made.
So if your department is complimented and recognized in your company's financial
results/transcripts let us know and we'll share it with the community. As it
reflects on the entire industry. Just a thought.
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Walmart's Corruption Case & The
NY Times
A Seven Year Investigation - Reaching the President of the United States
This is a MUST Read Article for Every Retail Executive
A 'Sorceress' in Brazil, a 'Wink' in India: Walmart Pleads Guilty After a Decade
of Bribes
 Inside
Walmart's corporate offices in Brazil, one local contact was known as the
"sorceress" for the ability to obtain government permits quickly.
In India, concerns about bribery were met with a "wink and a nod" by Walmart's
local business partner. In China, money was funneled to a local landlord for
"government relationship consulting services." And in Mexico, cars and computers
were donated to governments in communities where Walmart was planning to build
new stores.
For more than a decade, Walmart used middlemen to make dubious payments to
governments around the globe in order to open new locations, United States
prosecutors and securities regulators said in a settlement agreement on
Thursday. But even as employees frequently raised alarm, the company's top
leaders did little to prevent Walmart from being involved in bribery and
corruption schemes.
That lack of internal control led to a seven-year inquiry that culminated
on Thursday with Walmart's Brazilian subsidiary pleading guilty to a federal
crime. The guilty plea, and the $282 million in fines that Walmart has
agreed to pay, capped one of the biggest investigations ever under the
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which makes it illegal for American
corporations to bribe overseas officials.
nytimes.com
Two Whistleblowers? - The Two Exec's Who Knew
Too Much
In the NY Times first article, that started this entire investigation, it talked
about the Walmart lead investigator, a former FBI special agent, who
submitted his confidential report to superiors and recommended it be expanded
just to have it "shut down." Even after saying "There is reasonable suspicion to
believe that Mexican and USA laws have been violated."
Neither American nor Mexican law enforcement officials were notified. None of
Wal-Mart de Mexico's leaders were disciplined. Indeed, its chief executive,
Eduardo Castro-Wright, identified by the former executive as the driving force
behind years of bribery, was promoted to vice chairman of Wal-Mart in 2008.
Until this article, the allegations and Wal-Mart's investigation had never been
publicly disclosed.
When Wal-Mart's director of corporate investigations - a former top F.B.I.
official - read the general counsel's report, his appraisal was scathing. "Truly
lacking," he wrote in an e-mail to his boss.
The Mexico real estate executive is the one who spent literally hours with
the NY Times and opened up completely.
But there's so much more to this case in the two articles below. All of which
were reported in the Daily.
1st one: 4-22-12:
Wal-Mart Hushed Up a Vast Mexican Bribery Case
2nd one: 12-17-12:
How Wal-Mart Used Payoffs to Get Its Way in Mexico
Retail
Security in Europe
Shrinkage Costs Retailers More Than 49bn Euros ($55bn U.S.) Across Europe
Annually: Study
Losses from shrinkage cost retailers more than 49 billion Euros annually,
representing 2.05% of the retail sector's annual turnover, a new study
released today, 20 June, has revealed.
The loss is calculated as the sum of the shrinkage value (1.44% of turnover)
and security expenses (0.61%).
The report,
Retail Security in Europe: Going beyond Shrinkage, was conducted by
Crime&tech, a spin-off of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Transcrime
with the support of Checkpoint Systems, the global leader in source-to-shopper
solutions.
With feedback from retailers in 11 countries, the report concluded that total
losses to shrinkage, when compared with total company turnover, would represent
the fourth-largest retailer in Europe.
The sectors presenting the highest shrinkage rates include food retail
(2.0%) and apparel (1.4%).
Those recording the lowest rates include electronics (0.4%), beauty and
cosmetics (0.5%), and sporting goods (0.7%).
The research revealed that the top five stolen items by value in food retail
include alcoholic drinks, cheese, meat, sweets, and canned fish.
• The overall 2017 shrinkage rate
increased by 0.19% when compared with 2016.
'Beyond Shrinkage'
Speaking about the report, Prof. Ernesto Savona, director of Crime&tech, said,
"The research reveals that retailers across Europe are using a mixture of
techniques to measure shrinkage, which includes a variety of both crime and
non-criminal losses. All these different approaches shall be kept in mind when
interpreting the results presented.
"For this reason, the study goes beyond shrinkage, and it analyses retailers'
inventory policies and technologies, the contextual factors that have an impact
on retail losses, the modus operandi of shoplifters, and how countermeasures and
security solutions are adopted and combined together," Savona pointed out.
esmmagazine.com
Philadelphia's "Public Safety Crisis"
Two of Philly's Top Law Enforcement Officers Publicly Disagreeing
Retail Stores at the Center of the Feud
From Chicago to Dallas to Seattle, San
Francisco and now Philadelphia
City & State Prosecutors are Decriminalizing Retail Theft
And its all about the money, the budgets, what they feel the public sentiment
is, and a broken criminal just system in the courts.
"U.S. Attorney McSwain, DA Krasner Clash Despite Shared Vision for Safer City"
US Attorney Takes Philly DA to Task
Retail Stores at the Center of the Fight
Amid escalating gun violence and an intractable opioid epidemic, Philadelphia's
top prosecutors agree on very little.
Almost immediately after taking office, District Attorney Larry Krasner
removed cash bail recommendations for low-level offenses, required
prosecutors to reveal the cost of incarceration before sentencing and dropped
criminal charges on dozens of marijuana possession cases.
 His
regional counterpart, U.S. Attorney William McSwain, who was appointed by
President Donald Trump, has repeatedly called Krasner's reforms dangerous.
"There is a battle going on right now for the soul of Philadelphia," McSwain
said. "If we want to continue to grow, if we want to continue to thrive ... it
needs to be a safe environment."
McSwain wants to see tougher sentences and more criminals behind bars. A former
Marine sniper, McSwain accused the district attorney of overstepping his duties
as a prosecutor by "politicizing" law enforcement strategies.
At the center of Krasner and McSwain's feud is their diverging philosophies on
law enforcement, including how to handle non-violent crime, such as retail
theft. Krasner has said people caught stealing less than $500 worth of goods
would be charged with a summary offense.
McSwain has blamed that policy on an increase in retail theft across the
city.
Krasner said the numbers don't reflect that claim. According to Philadelphia
police data, reported retail theft went down 4% in 2018 and arrests were down
23%.
"He's a liar," the district attorney said.
Then he
attacked Krasner over a "sweetheart plea deal" that led to a 3-1/2- to
10-year sentence for 29-year-old Jovaun Patterson, who shot shopkeeper Mike
Poeng with an AK-47 assault rifle in West Philadelphia, leaving Poeng in a coma
and then wheelchair.
nbcphiladelphia.com
UK Retailer Co-Op Demands New Retail Crime Laws
Violence & Clerk Assaults Up "Four-Fold" 1st 6 Months
The Co-op has demanded greater protection for all shop workers - and a dedicated
new law - in the face of a worrying rise in store crime and violent attacks.
And to prove its case, the company has published chilling accounts written by
staff at stores in Greater Manchester.
A senior Co-operative Group boss has called on the Government to consider
introducing specific new legislation carrying tougher penalties for attacks
resulting from shop workers enforcing the law on age-restricted sale like
cigarettes or alcohol.
The company, which has its headquarters in Manchester and was founded in
Rochdale, also wants a review of sentencing guidelines for store crime and
violence.
Latest quarterly figures show 2,500 incidents of verbal abuse and anti-social
behaviour, with 600 violent incidents, the company said. Co-op reported a
near four-fold increase in incidents from the first six months of this
year with the same period in 2017.
Bosses said civil servants have opened a 'call for evidence' following pressure
from the union Usdaw and retail representative organisations like the
Association of Convenience Stores, the British Retail Consortium and the
National Federation of Retail Newsagents.
Paddy Lillis, general secretary of Usdaw, added: "Violence, threats and abuse
against workers are amongst the great scourges of our society. The statistics
are shocking and show that urgent action is required.
manchesternews.co.uk
Walmart is using AI-powered cameras to prevent theft at checkout lanes
Walmart has been surveilling its checkout registers using a computer vision
technology called Missed Scan Detection to identify when items move past the
scanner without having been scanned. As reported by
Business Insider, the technology has been implemented in more than 1,000
stores across the US over the past two years, and it monitors both self-checkout
kiosks and traditional registers managed by human cashiers.
The system runs on cameras that watch as items move across the register. If an
unusual activity occurs, such as an item moving into a bag without being
scanned, a checkout attendant will be notified to take action. Missed Scan
Detection was designed to help reduce theft and other losses, a problem that has
cost US retailers up to $47 billion in 2017.
In the two years since the system was deployed, Walmart says it has reduced
rates of theft, inventory loss, fraud, and scanning errors. The company,
however, did not specify exactly what those rates were, or how much money the
tech helped stores save.
theverge.com
It's All About Becoming an "Employer of Choice"
More Organizations Are Expanding Severance Benefits, Survey Finds
More employers are offering severance benefits to all workers, according to a
recent survey, evidence perhaps that the trend toward designing an improved
employee experience includes separation and even termination.
Forty-four percent of 1,500 HR professionals polled by career transition
services firm RiseSmart said their organizations offer severance benefits to all
workers-not just executives and senior managers-representing a 6 percent
increase from 2017.
A majority of respondents cited projecting an employee-first workplace
culture as the top reason for expanding severance, followed by taking care
of employees and protecting brand reputation.
Employee tenure, local labor laws, base salary, job level and title make up the
top criteria for determining severance, according to RiseSmart.
Nearly 40 percent of the organizations surveyed require a five-year tenure for
employees to qualify for severance. More organizations now offer outplacement to
employees for reasons other than layoffs.
The amount of severance paid out is most often calculated based on years of
service and salary, according to 72 percent of respondents. Thirteen percent
said they prioritize tenure, and 12 percent reported primarily considering
salary.
Health care is the most sought-after benefit for separated workers, followed by
retirement benefits, payment of bonuses or commissions, cash payouts, life
insurance and retirement-planning services.
About half of the organizations polled ask employees, before offering them
severance, not to file legal claims. Another 28 percent said that they don't
know if they do or don't.
"Organizations hoping to create five-star experiences for employees understand
the importance of maintaining a competitive edge at every stage of the employee
journey-including upon separation," said Dan Davenport, president and general
manager of RiseSmart. "Keeping severance offerings competitive is an
often-overlooked yet critical component to establishing a reputation as an
employer of choice."
shrm.org
June is National Safety Month
Join NSC and thousands of organizations nationwide in celebrating National
Safety Month.
Observed annually in June, National Safety Month focuses on reducing leading
causes of injury and death at work, on the road and in our homes and
communities. We provide downloadable resources highlighting a different safety
topic for each week in June. Topics for 2019 are Hazard Recognition, Slips,
Trips and Falls, Fatigue and Impairment.
Share the Safety Message in June
Use a little bit of creativity to engage workers, families and communities in
safety this June. These ideas should help get you started:
• Distribute the downloadable NSM materials*
• Create newsletters or blog posts
• Hold a safety trivia contest with weekly
prizes
• Make an activity out of identifying hazards
where you work and live
• Throw a safety fair, lunch 'n learn or
celebratory luncheon
• Encourage others to take the SafeAtWork
pledge at
nsc.org/workpledge
• Share posts on your social media channels
using #NSM
• Provide safety training - watch for special
NSM discounts or free opportunities
• Show you care about safety by making a
donation to NSC
NSC remains focused on saving lives and preventing injuries, including raising
public awareness of the opioid epidemic, helping to reduce motor vehicle crashes
and improving safety practices in workplaces all across the country. With your
help, we can make safety a priority in our communities, on the road and at work.
Join us on the journey to eliminate preventable deaths and
DONATE today!
nsc.org
Hey Retailers Let's Reduce Retail Fatalities.
Retailers Take on the Fight Against Organized Crime
Quarterly Results
Kroger Q1 comp's up 1.5% without fuel, digital up 42%, total sales up 2% - excl.
fuel & sale of c-store chain
Neiman Marcus Q1 comp's down 1.5%, sales down 0.7%
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OpenEye Announces OWS Integration with
Keyscan Access Control
OpenEye, a leading
provider of cloud managed video surveillance solutions, announces the
integration of the OpenEye Web Services platform with Keyscan Access Control
Systems.
Keyscan Access Control Systems, a member of the dormakaba group, provides
best-in-class solutions for electronic and networked access control in
facilities of any size. This integration enables Keyscan users to retrieve video
from OpenEye video surveillance systems through OpenEye Web Services (OWS) to
view both live and recorded video in reference to access control events. The
viewer application establishes a connection to recorders using OpenEye Web
Services' Web Connect technology, improving connection reliability and
eliminating the need to manually manage connection settings or forward ports.
For more information on OpenEye product integrations, please visit
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The EC3 Advisory Groups - Law Enforcement and Private Sector Meetings
Discussing Latest Cybercrime Threats and Challenges
 Europol's
European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) continues to strengthen its work with the
private sector in the joint fight against cybercrime. This week, EC3's three
industry Advisory Groups met at Europol in The Hague to discuss the latest
cyber-related threats and trends, including 5G, new forms of online payments,
and attacks against critical infrastructure.
The goal of the Advisory Groups is to provide a forum for law enforcement and
the private sector to cooperate on cybercrime-related threats and challenges,
fostering collaboration on both a strategic and operational level.
EC3 established the Advisory Groups on Financial Services, Internet Security and
Communication Providers to foster trust and cooperation between key private
sector industries and law enforcement in their joint fight against cybercrime.
They meet separately three times a year at Europol's headquarters in The Hague
to share strategic information related to cybercrime threats and trends in their
respective business areas, as well as to agree on joint initiatives alongside
law enforcement.
europa.eu
The Next "SaaS?"
Amazon patent reveals drone surveillance as a service
A new patent granted to Amazon suggests the retail giant is exploring ways in
which drone surveillance could be packaged up as a new business solution.
As
spotted by The Verge, the patent was originally filed in 2015 and was
granted on June 4, 2019.
The USPTO "Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Based Surveillance as a Service" patent,
number
10,313,638, describes how an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) -- otherwise
known as a drone -- can "perform a surveillance action at a property of an
authorized party."
The surveillance functions of the drone can be restricted through geo-fencing, a
form of technology used in drones today to define areas which are acceptable to
fly over and those that are restricted, such as military bases or airports.
Furthermore, the patent describes how the UAV could be used to generate images
of a location both in -- and outside -- of a geo-fence.
zdnet.com
The Next Big Concern - Hackers Using AI
Invisible Until It Hits Target!
Machine Learning Boosts Defenses, but Security Pros Worry Over Attack Potential
As defenders increasingly use machine learning to remove spam, catch fraud, and
block malware, concerns persist that attackers will find ways to use AI
technology to their advantage.
Machine learning, for example, has helped companies such as security firm
Malwarebytes improve their ability to detect attacks on consumer systems. In the
first five months of 2019, about 5% of the 94 million malicious programs
detected by Malwarebytes' endpoint protection software came from its
machine-learning powered anomaly-detection system, according to the company.
"The future of AI for defenses goes beyond just detecting malware, but
also will be used for things like finding network intrusions or just noticing
that something weird is going on in your network," he says. "The reality is that
good AI will not only identify that it's weird, but [it] also will let you know
how it fits into the bigger scheme."
Yet, while Malwarebytes joins other cybersecurity firms as a proponent of
machine learning and the promise of AI as a defensive measure, the company also
warns that automated and intelligent systems can tip the balance in favor of
the attacker. Initially, attackers will likely incorporate machine learning
into backend systems to create more custom and widespread attacks, but they will
eventually focus on ways to attack other AI systems as well.
Malwarebytes is not alone in that assessment, and it's not the first to issue a
warning, as it did in
a report released on June 19. From adversarial attacks on
machine-learning systems to deep fakes, a range of techniques that general fall
under the AI moniker are worrying security experts.
In 2018, IBM created a proof-of-concept attack, DeepLocker, that conceals
itself and its intentions until it reaches a specific target, raising the
possibility of malware that infects millions of systems without taking any
action until it triggers on a set of conditions.
"The shift to machine learning and AI is the next major progression in IT."
darkreading.com
IoT explodes worldwide, researchers investigate security issues
Avast scanned 83 million IoT devices in 16 million homes worldwide to understand
the distribution and security profile of IoT devices by type and manufacturer.
The findings were then validated and analyzed by research teams at Avast and
Stanford University.
This data helps us shed light on the global emergence of IoT and types of the
security problems present in the devices real users own."
The research reveals a complex picture of the
IoT ecosystem and subsequent cybersecurity challenges in homes across the
world. Key findings include:
• North America has the highest
density of IoT devices of any region, with 66% of homes possessing at least one
IoT device, compared to the global average of 40%.
• Even with over 14,000 IoT
manufacturers worldwide, 94% of all IoT devices are manufactured by just 100
vendors.
• Obsolete protocols like FTP and
Telnet are still used by millions of devices; over 7% of all IoT devices still
use these protocols, making them especially vulnerable.
The paper further explored the distribution of global IoT vendors. While there
is a very long tail of over 14,000 global IoT vendors, market dominance is
limited to only a few.
Significant security risks not being addressed.
helpnetsecurity.com
Customers of 3 MSPs Hit in Ransomware Attacks
Early information suggests threat actors gained access to remote monitoring
and management tools from Webroot and Kaseya to distribute malware. Both
vendors have said the attackers appear to have used stolen credentials to access
their tools at the MSP locations.
darkreading.com
39% of Small businesses Surprised the Access Granted Inside Large Partner's
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Tyco Retail Solutions is known for the
Sensormatic brand of loss prevention
products, the ShopperTrak brand for people counting, also known as traffic
insights, and the TrueVUE brand for inventory intelligence. Using sensors, Tyco
Retail Solutions captures 40 billion retail transactions and interactions a
year.
Joan Sparks tells us about some new solutions coming out of Tyco's development
lab, including their Shrink Management as a Service (SMaaS), the InFuzion
anti-theft tags, a self-checkout station and a Synergy EAS pedestal with
interactive video displays.
MCs Joe LaRocca & Amber Bradley - Quick Take 3
"It's not if you get breached, but when you get breached."
Joe and Amber discuss the new challenges facing retailers when it comes to cyber
security, brand reputation, and the growing scope of what LP/AP departments are
challenged to protect.
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Why Manual Review is Key to Retailers' Defense
Against Fraud - Part 1
Preventing fraud and chargebacks is a constant challenge for online sellers,
especially as
card-not-present (CNP) fraud costs keep rising. Fraud-detection technology
is evolving fast to keep pace with e-commerce growth and the increasing
sophistication of organized fraud attacks. However, one element of online fraud
prevention still requires human expertise - manual review of orders flagged as
possible fraud.
Some merchants now view manual review as old-fashioned - too slow and costly to
be worth implementing. But manual review has evolved. It's faster and more cost
effective than in the past, and the need for manual review is greater now than
ever. In this first part of a two-part series, I'll look at why manual review
matters so much now and how it keeps pace with the speed of e-commerce. Read
more:
mytotalretail.com
How False-Positives Complicate The B2B Payments
Fraud Fight
Retailers focused on combating fraud have credit cards in the cross-hairs of
their efforts. Between data breaches exposing customer details and card
information and the rise of card-not-present fraud as operations move online,
digital businesses are challenged to stay abreast of payment security trends -
and fraud is a massive issue for firms large and small.
But ramping up the war on card fraud can introduce a new risk to companies:
false positives. According to PYMNTS data, more than 60 percent of
digital platforms say too many false positives are a significant point of
friction in the conversion process - and more than 30 percent say it's their
number-one challenge.
According to the latest
Payments 2022 Playbook: Building A High-Performing Payments Team For Fraud
Detection, a PYMNTS study in collaboration with Stripe, digital
platforms continue to express discontent with their current fraud strategies,
and false positives are compromising their brands, customer relationships, and
bottom lines.
This isn't merely an issue for the B2C world, however. Indeed, as B2B
organizations begin to pay closer attention to the rising threat of fraud in the
procure-to-pay process, the issue of false positives can result in similarly
negative consequences, from declined card payments to broken vendor
relationships. Read more:
pymnts.com
Not Amazon, Instagram is likely to dominate the future of
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Riverside, CA: Target Employee and Accomplice Arrested; $100K Worth of Stolen
Target Merchandise Found at Perris Home
 Two
people have been arrested in connection with an embezzlement scheme that netted
about $100,000 in stolen goods from a Target store in Riverside, police said
Thursday. Elias Hernandez, 23, of Moreno Valley, is accused of helping Mandeep
Chamdal, 34, steal the merchandise from the Target store where he worked on
Canyon Springs Parkway over the past five months. Asset protection at Target
notified police about the scheme earlier in the month.
Hernandez was arrested June 5 at the store, while 34-year-old Mandeep Chamdal
was taken into custody on June 13 at her home in the 2200 block of Jornada Drive
in Perris. After serving a search warrant, detectives located and recovered the
$100,000 worth of stolen Target merchandise at the home. Police said Hernandez
would allow Chamdal to "price check" items well below their actual value, and
would give her gift cards to use toward her fraudulent purchases." "One example
included where a $15 package of diapers was rung up for only $2 to $3 dollars,"
police said in the news release. Detectives believe Chamdal would sell the
stolen merchandise at local swap meets, including one in Wildomar.
ktla.com
Jacksonville, FL: Theft ring stole at least $83K in merchandise from home
improvement stores; 52 thefts between 2017 and 2019
 At
least four people have been arrested in connection with a string of thefts of
power tools from several Home Depot and Lowe's stores in Jacksonville. Nicole
Arnette, 34, Samantha Cowles, 31, Brian Hudson, 41, and Keith Wright, 28, face
charges of grand theft and organized fraud in connections with thefts at stores
on the Southside, Westside, Northside, Jacksonville Beach, Mandarin, East
Arlington and Regency. According to reports obtained by News4Jax, at least
$83,000 worth of merchandise was stolen from 10 Home Depot and Lowe's stores
between September 2017 and January 2019. The reports list 52 separate thefts
during that time frame. One of the stores, located in Regency, was hit at least
11 times over a 16-month period, a report shows.
news4jax.com
Washington, DC: High-priced eyewear attracted a laser focus from thieves
The thieves came armed with a hammer, with eyes on unique and expensive targets:
Cartier eyeglass frames. Inside the Apex Optical Co. store in downtown
Washington, one man swung the hammer on a glass case, then snatched six pairs of
frames before turning to leave. An employee tried to block the escape before a
second man hit the employee with a hammer, according to a D.C. police report.
The thieves fled with frames that cost $5,700, and damaged two other sets of
Cartier frames valued at $950 each. D.C. police investigators are searching for
the pair they say are responsible for the smash-and-grab burglary at the shop in
the 2000 block of L Street NW, just before 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.
washingtonpost.com
Titusville, FL: Thousands in Radio-Controlled Cars stolen from Motorcycle/ RC
Shop
At least two masked thieves stole thousands of dollars worth of radio-controlled
cars overnight Thursday from Dr. Dan's Motorcycle and RC Shop on Garden Street.
Owner Danny Attal's surveillance captured the smash and grab burglars shattering
his front window and pushing over display stands to force their entry. At 2:35
a.m., the burglars are then seen stealing expensive RC cars, valued at nearly
$1,000 each.
clickorlando.com
Stoughton, MA: Police tie Vehicle Smash &Grab thefts of Credit Cards to
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Cape Coral, FL: Police investigating theft of $5,500 in cell phones at
AT&T store
Several men distracted a manager at an AT&T store in Cape Coral
and made off with $5,500 in Apple branded devices. Cape Coral police are
investigating the thefts which took place shortly before 6 p.m. Tuesday
on NE Pine Island. A store manager stated three males entered the store
and covered the thefts when one asked about Apple Air pods when the
other two went to the Apple display stand.
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Austin, TX: Thief hides in Macy's until closing time before taking
jewelry
The Austin Police Department is
seeking the public's help with a Macy's burglary case. On April 13,
2019, someone got into the Macy's store at Lakeline Mall before closing
and remained hidden in the store. According to APD, the suspect came out
from hiding after the store closed and stole a large amount of jewelry
before leaving the store.
kvue.com |
San Diego, CA: 21 People Charged In $5M Auto Theft Fraud Case
A massive fraud scheme termed "one of the biggest auto-theft related cases in
the history of San Diego" has led to 21 people charged for allegedly defrauding
banks and other financial institutions out of millions by illegally purchasing
more than 100 vehicles, prosecutors said Thursday. The scheme allegedly ran by
Bryan Orr, 33, involved the creation of 54 shell companies and 45 bank accounts
in order to fraudulently buy 109 vehicles, including motorhomes and boats. The
total amount of the alleged fraud exceeds $5 million.
kpbs.org
Eastern Pennsylvania among regions hardest hit by Cargo theft
Ryan Shewchuk, director of enterprise security for Pitt Ohio, a national
trucking company based in Pittsburgh. "Online tactics are often combined with
the more traditional social engineering tactics, like just plain lying on the
phone or in person, or using forged documents and credentials." And eastern
Pennsylvania is one of the main areas being hit by thefts, according to a recent
report by CargoNet, an organization created in 2009 to track cargo thefts and to
assist the cargo industry, police and insurance companies. Several experts said
they weren't surprised, as coastal areas where transportation hubs meet create
opportunity for thieves. Any place with massive transportation systems -such as
Central Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley or inland cities such as Chicago -
are more likely to be targeted by criminal gangs. Other places where name-brand
electronics or clothing are shipped in abundance also would be potential
targets, they said.
lvb.com
London, England: Smash & Grab thieves repeatedly target flagship designer
handbag shop; 5th break-in at Handbag Clinic in 8 months
Tulsa, OK: Police release video of Dollar General Armed Robbery suspect
Durham, NC: 21 indicted for stealing used cooking oil from restaurants, using
profits to run nightclub
Sentencings
 Northampton
County, PA: Two Sentenced to Life for murder of Verizon Store Employee
Gregory Lewis was sentenced Thursday to life in
prison for murdering Michael Davis. The judge tacked on more than 113 years for
four robberies and a kidnapping. Vaughn Felix admitted Thursday he helped Lewis
kill the Palmer Township man. He too was sentenced to life in prison. Felix
testified during Lewis' trial that they hid in the bushes and waited for Davis
to come home Nov. 21, 2016. They wanted to kidnap him and drive him back to the
Forks Township Verizon store where Davis worked so they could rob it. They
didn't count on Davis resisting, and Felix shot him in the face.
lehighvalleylive.com
Corsicana, TX: Man who shot Kwik Stop store clerk repeatedly sentenced to 61
years
Daniel Rene Delarosa, 21, pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery on April 29. The
victim was working at the Kwik Stop store on Aug. 12, 2018 in Rice when Delarosa
shot him four times, striking him in the penis, a testicle and twice in the
thigh, Navarro County District Attorney William Dixon said in a press release.
One bullet remains in the victim's thigh, he said.
kwtx.com
Sioux City, IA: Hotel Employee Gets 4 Years of Probation for $32,000 Credit Card
Scam
One of two hotel workers accused of a Sioux City scam using guests' credit cards
has been given three years of probation. Ethan Ehlers, 19, pleaded guilty to
theft. A charge of credit card fraud was dismissed in return. He also was given
a suspended prison sentence of 10 years and ordered to pay restitution. Court
documents say that from May 14 through Sept. 8 last year, Sandra Lalumendre and
Ehlers fraudulently overcharged guests' credit cards at the Howard Johnson hotel
in downtown Sioux City. They'd then force refunds and split the money. The
documents say the total was more than $32,700.
kdlt.com
Totowa, NJ: Trial begins in 2018 QuickChek employee murder
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AT&T - Cape Coral, FL
- Robbery
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C-Store - Ackerman, MS
- Burglary
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C-Store - Choctaw
County, AL - Burglary
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C-Store - Gustine, CA
- Burglary
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C-Store - Tulsa, OK -
Burglary
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CVS - Tucson, AZ -
Armed Robbery
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Eyewear - Washington,
DC - Robbery
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Eyewear - Washington,
DC - Burglary
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Grocery - Chicago, IL
- Robbery
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Grocery - Salisbury,
NC - Burglary
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Hobby Town - Sanford,
FL - Burglary
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Liquor - Johns Island,
SC - Robbery
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Motorcycle -
Titusville, FL - Burglary
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Pep Boys - Edison, NJ
- Burglary
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Pharmacy - Dunwoody,
GA - Burglary
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Walmart - Wilmington,
NC - Burglary
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7-Eleven - Larimer
County, CO - Armed Robbery
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7-Eleven - Fort
Collins, CO - Armed Robbery
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7-Eleven - Arlington,
VA - Armed Robbery
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7-Eleven - Colorado
Springs, CO - Armed Robbery
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11 burglaries
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66 robberies
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40 burglaries
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Anthony Ricci named Regional Asset
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James Falduto
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For over twenty years the Daily has quietly sponsored Keith White's, EVP The
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Keith White has helped literally hundreds of young college students enter the
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Therefore we feel it's only appropriate to challenge every retailer out there to
make concerted effort and make the pledge that they'll hire a diversity
candidate within the next four hires and be more inclusive in their overall
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