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August 7-10, 2011
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Apple products are so popular in China that
their business will go from $2.9 billion last year to over $9 billion by
September 2012 according to some industry
analysis. With the fake stores that were
reported last week - they're also smuggling in Apple products from free port -
zero duty Hong Kong in large quantities. Chinese authorities did order the
closure of two of the fake stores. But the supply isn't enough to meet the
demand. This past June customs broke up several smuggling rings that tried to
smuggle in $230 million worth Apples products alone. Apple is planning on
opening dozens of stores from their current two locations. China has been hit
with Apple Mania!
(Source
yahoo.com) (Source
nytimes) Books-A-Million is looking to pick up 30 Borders locations including the inventory, fixtures, and leases. (Source retailingtoday.com) A Wal-Mart shoplifter, this past Thursday in Kent, Washington, was fatally shot in the parking lot by police officers pursuing him after the suspect stopped suddenly, spinning towards the officers while reportedly reaching for a handgun located at this ankle. (Source pnwlocalnews.com) Strangely enough, this past Saturday afternoon 12 people were shot and wounded at a low-rider show at La Plaza Shopping Center in Kent, Washington (see above article). No one was arrested but police are following up on leads. That's a tough Plaza! (Source Associated Press) According to police reports yesterday 4 suspects (1 male and 3 females) appear to be hitting three Walgreens stores in New Castle County, Delaware. Might be the tip of the iceberg of an active ORC Ring. (Source wboc.com) This past Friday a 26-year-old female opened fire in a Ross Dress for Less Store and hit two employees in Lake Charles, LA. The store was closed the remainder of Friday and reopened Saturday morning. One employee was in stable condition while the other was in critical condition. Ross did increase security and were checking purses and bags as customers were entering the building on Saturday. (Source kplctv.com) Friday a Georgia man who had stolen 675,000 credit card numbers which led to over $36 million in losses was sentenced to 10 years in prison for trafficking in counterfeit credit cards and aggravated identity theft. Hackett admitted in a court filing that since at least 2002, he had been trafficking in credit card information he obtained either by hacking into business computer networks and downloading credit card databases, or by purchasing the information from others using the Internet through various “carding forums.” The U.S. Secret Service found the 675,000 stolen credit card numbers at his home at the time of the search warrant in 2009. (Source washingtontimes.com) Cleveland Ohio passed legislation which makes it a misdemeanor for anyone to use social media to incite public disturbance. It is now a crime in Cleveland to try and form a Flash Mob to disrupt a public event. More cities to follow. (Source flashmobnews.com) A prominent cybercrime expert in New Jersey was deliberately targeted for a hostage hoax Saturday after police received a 911 call from a computer with a "cloned" phone number saying there was an armed man in the cyber crime experts house with explosives and two hostages. SWAT team members surrounded the home for three hours and shot tear gas canisters into the home and only found the cat. The cybercrime expert wasn't home. (Source Associated Press) Facial recognition technology is being installed at Heathrow airport for international travelers and on a separate note Google buys facial recognition company PittPatt. Facial recognition is spreading in all aspects of our lives and businesses with last week reporting that police departments around the country will start using it as well to confirm identities. Sometime in the future we'll see this technology connected to the soon-to-roll-out hologram door greeter program Duane Reade Drug Stores is installing in NYC this fall. (Source csoonline.com) In a new study commissioned by Oracle in the UK The "Data Dilemma: From Obstacle to Opportunity" report also highlights significant concerns at companies around data security, accuracy and fragmented systems. Although 88 percent of businesses saw data as a strategic asset to their business, a third (33 percent) of respondents had lost a customer or new business deal as a result of missing data. In addition, 30 percent admitted to losing business due to the mishandling of data. Managing your data and data breaches leads to lost customers. Even Oracle is using the UK for research purposes due to the similarities of our cultures and the smaller size of the population making it easier and quicker to test. (Source csoonline.com) Next week two senior LP positions will be named. More to follow! Identity theft topped the list of consumer complaints filed with the Federal Trade Commission for the last 11 years. (Source kaj18.com) The smaller retailers and restaurants using POS registers connected to the internet prove to be easier prey for card-hackers to remotely gain access and install malicious software that allows them to obtain the numbers and produce counterfeit credit cards. (Source ledger-dispatch.com) In the middle of all this phone hacking scandal in England one fact is starting to show itself about Private Investigators with one former Metropolitan Police detective who spoke on condition of anonymity telling Reuters that in some cases the line between private investigation and organized crime is nonexistent. "A number of private investigators now operate on behalf of criminal enterprises to steal information, to try to identify potential sources that are giving information against them, to identify competitors, to find out where competitors keep drugs," the former detective said. (Source msn.com) Write a Thought Challenge! |
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Seattle's "Operation Super Booster" – A City Wide Approach to Organized Retail Crime (day 2 of 3)
This is part 2 of a 3-part series that
started on Friday, July 22nd. Over the next few Daily's, we're going to
report on this new approach to ORC which began last April and has had a lot of
success. Today, we're presenting the first of two actual busts. Investigation Overview:
Read Part Three in Tuesday's D&D Daily. |
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| Sr. Manager of AP Safety | Winn-Dixie | Jacksonville, FL | Winn-Dixie | ||||||
| ORC Investigator | Walgreens | Texas | Walgreens | ||||||
| Corp LPM of Analytics & Exception Reporting | Confidential | Florida | Downing & Downing | ||||||
| Director of Asset Protection | Confidential | NYC, NY | Downing & Downing | ||||||
| District Loss Prevention Mgr | Sears Holdings Corp. | Honolulu, HI | Sears Holdings Corp. | ||||||
| Director of Loss Prevention | Confidential | Midwest | Downing & Downing | ||||||
| National Account Sales Mgr | Confidential | Chicago, IL | Downing & Downing | ||||||
| Asset Protection Manager | The Home Depot | Phoenix, AZ | The Home Depot | ||||||
| Asset Protection Manager | The Home Depot | Metro Northern NJ | The Home Depot | ||||||
| Asset Protection Manager | The Home Depot | Sacramento, CA | The Home Depot | ||||||
| Asset Protection Manager | The Home Depot | Salem, OR | The Home Depot | ||||||
| Corporate Inv. & Training Mgr | Confidential | Ohio | Downing & Downing | ||||||
| Director of Loss Prevention | Confidential | California | Downing & Downing | ||||||
| Regional LP Director | Confidential | Los Angeles, CA | Downing & Downing | ||||||
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Today's Daily Job Postings from the Net - Appearing Today Only |
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| Regional LP Mgr | Liz Claiborne | New York, NY | Liz Claiborne | ||||||
| Loss Prevention Mgr | Sears Holdings/Sears | Wayne, NJ | Sears Holdings Corp | ||||||
| Regional LP Mgr | RadioShack | Chicago, IL | RadioShack | ||||||
| AP Mgr | Home Depot | Toledo, OH | The Home Depot | ||||||
| AP Mgr | Home Depot | San Jose, CA | The Home Depot | ||||||
| AP Mgr | Home Depot | Little Rock, AR | The Home Depot | ||||||
| Loss Prevention Mgr | Macy's Sunrise | Massapequa, NY | Macy's | ||||||
| Sr Loss Prevention Mgr | JC Penney | Mesquite, TX | JC Penney | ||||||
| District LP Mgr | Vail Resorts | Vail, CO | Vail Resorts | ||||||
| DC LP Mgr | Best Buy | Dinuba, CA | Tip Top Job | ||||||
| Reg DC LP & Safety Mgr | Michaels | Centralia, WA | Michaels | ||||||
| Loss Prevention Mgr | Rite Aid | Baltimore, MD | Rite Aid | ||||||
| District LP Mgr | Kohl's | Detroit, MI | Indeed | ||||||
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As a 35-year veteran of Retail Loss Prevention, and someone who
has conducted many pre-employment interviews, I thought readers might be
interested in some of my favorite interview questions and the thinking behind
each of them. Each day for the next five days I'll be sharing one of the
questions from my list of second interview questions. Answers to these questions
tell me a lot about how a candidate thinks: |
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Approximately
one month ago Seattle Police Department received credible
information that several boosters were selling stolen product
such as Taster’s Choice, Spam, and corned beef hash, at a
residential location in the South Seattle area. By utilizing a
confidential informant, several sales of “stolen” coffee, Spam,
and corned beef hash were conducted to the subject who was later
indentified as Cabalar, Rosita and her husband, Cabalar,
Gilbert. Both of the Cabalars are employees of the International
Drop In Center (IDIC) and some of the sales took place at this
location. In addition to the Cabalars buying stolen product,
three additional employees of the IDIC were involved in the
purchasing of stolen product, (1. Cabebe, Edwin 2. Campos, Edwin
3. Campos, Eduardo).
On
June 28, 2011, two search warrants were executed and two consent
to search locations were ascertained by the Seattle Police
Department. In all, five persons were arrested and taken into
custody for trafficking stolen property. The search warrant
yielded approximately 200 containers of Taster’s Choice Coffee
7oz valued at estimated $2,400.00 retail. After obtaining
consent to search at eh Campos residence, two storage lockers
and another business, The following items were located; Tide
Liquid Detergent, Dove Soap, Centrum Silver Vitamins, various
toothpaste, razorblades, shampoos, body wash, sardines, Spam,
Taster’s Choice Coffee, lotions, batteries, and electric
toothbrushes. Many of these items still had branding labels
still affixed to the product.
The total estimated recovery at the Campos
residence is valued at $2,500.00. Campos admitted that he would
buy product for an estimated .10 to .15 cents on the dollar
depending on the product. Campos stated that he was reselling
some of the items in his business (bait and tackle shop) which
was located on the pier but the majority of the product he was
shipping to family members who reside in the Philippines.
