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OpenEye is an innovator
in the design and development of software solutions for video management,
business intelligence, and loss prevention. Their OpenEye Web Services is a
scalable and secure video surveillance solution that simplifies operations and
management by moving these functions to the cloud.
Brent Gable, Director of Business Development for OpenEye, tells us how
OWS combines the performance and reliability of local recording with the
convenience and flexibility of the cloud, producing a greater return on your
retail investment, saving you time, and providing an easier, more secure
surveillance solution.
Brent Gable - OpenEye - Quick Take 13
Brent Gable, Director of Business Development,
OpenEye, meets up
with Joe and Amber to chat about OpenEye's modern approach to video
management, how they're helping LP departments work better with IT, and what
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Tyco Retail Solutions wins 2018
AIM Case Study Competition
Industry recognition for innovation and technology
leadership in RFID solution development
Tyco
Retail Solutions has been recognized for its innovation and technology
leadership in developing and delivering a portfolio of RFID-enabled solutions,
providing retailers with real-time in-store visibility and predictive analytics
to help drive sales, improve operations and deliver a differentiated brand
experience. The company is the recipient of the
2018 Case Study Competition from AIM, the trusted worldwide industry
association for the automatic identification industry for nearly half a century.
Presented annually by AIM, the Case Study Competition recognizes Tyco Retail for
its innovative TrueVUE® Inventory Intelligence solution, offering retailers a
"real view" into accurate enterprise-wide inventory availability - throughout
the store and across the enterprise - for success in today's connected
always-on, always-open world of unified commerce.
"Leveraging smart technology, such as RFID, is critical to success in this age
of retail transformation," said Subramanian Kunchithapatham, vice president,
engineering, Tyco Retail Solutions. "Progressive retailers understand the power
of IoT-enabled RFID solutions to connect stores, inventory, shoppers and
associates within the digital retail world. By leveraging our real-time data and
actionable insights, we enable retailers to create a seamless customer
experience in this digitally-driven shopping world. It's an honor to be
recognized by AIM for our commitment to innovation and industry standards."
To keep pace with today's 24/7 connected consumers, retailers cannot rely on
traditional inventory management methods. Greater automation through RFID in
retail is a game changer in driving inventory accuracy and visibility - key to
execution and omni-channel fulfillment. RFID-enabled TrueVUE Inventory
Intelligence helps retailers trust their inventory availability, reduce
markdowns, improve style sell through, and increase sales and margins. Now,
retailers can access their full inventory assortment and establish
enterprise-wide inventory accuracy in key product categories to fulfill customer
demand. Having this level of inventory accuracy and visibility helps drive
increased sales to provide a better customer experience and build brand loyalty.
Learn more about TrueVUE Inventory Intelligence,
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Keith Hall named VP of Human
Resources, Safety, Security and Loss Prevention for Goodwill of the
Olympics and Ranier Region
 He
assumes responsibility for human resource systems and processes, and
the professional development of 1,500 employees serving in
Goodwill's $83 million social enterprise, which operates across 15
counties in Washington State with a mission to help people gain new
skills, find jobs, and embark on life-changing careers.
Prior to his service with the National Court Appointed Special
Advocates Association, Keith served as Senior Vice President and
Chief Human Resources Officer of the YMCA of Greater Seattle,
leading a senior team strategic planning resulting in $2 million in
cost savings. Keith Hall was awarded a Juris Doctorate from Seattle
University School of Law, an MA in Leadership from Grand Canyon
University, and a BA in Sociology from the University of Washington.
Congratulations, Keith!
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Don Strand
promoted to Vice President, Human Resources - Compensation, HR
Operations and Services for Sears Holdings Corporation
Don was previously the VP of Human Resources - Sears Home Services
and Sears Automotive before taking this new role. He's been with
Sears Holdings Corporation for over 29 years, working in a variety
of roles including Senior Director HR - HR Business Partner, Senior
Director of Labor, Associate Relations & Services, Director of Labor
& Associate Relations, Director of HR, and Region Manager AP
Services. Congratulations Don!
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Karla Hock
promoted to Director of Risk Management for del Lago Resort & Casino
Karla was the Risk Manager for over a year before taking this new
role. Prior, she worked at Lowe's for over nine years as LP and
Operations Support Manager and at Target as Executive Team Leader -
Assets Protection for over four years. Karla earned her Bachelors
degree in Criminal Justice from State University of New York College
at Brockport. Congratulations, Karla!
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Paul Andrews
promoted to Director, Asset Protection Administration and Analytics
for Tapestry
Paul was previously the Senior Manager of Loss Prevention Systems
and Administration for the retailer for over nineteen years before
taking this new role. He earned his Bachelor's degree in Music
Theory and Composition from Towson University. Congratulations Paul!
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 The
2019 "Swing for Certification" golf tournament is set for Monday, June 10, at
Coyote Hills Golf Club in Fullerton, CA, preceding the NRF Protect conference
June 11-13. Hosted by the Loss Prevention Foundation (LPF), the event is open to
all retailers and solution provider sponsors to benefit the Bob MacLea
Scholarships for loss prevention and asset protection professionals who want to
advance their careers through obtaining their LPQ or LPC certification. Proceeds
will also benefit the
Loss Prevention Benevolent Fund.
"The NRF leadership is proud of the partnership that we have developed with the
LP Foundation," said Robert Moraca, MBA, CPP, CFE, vice president of LP for NRF.
"Both the NRF and LPF share a similar passion to harness retail loss prevention
industry knowledge and dedicated LP professional volunteers to champion
educational enrichment for the industry. This Swing for Certification event is a
fun way to continue our combined desire for LP excellence."
Read More Here
ALL-TAG's Q-Tag® Recognized with Most Innovative
In-Store Solution Award for 2018
 ALL-TAG,
a manufacturer of U.S. made RF EAS Labels, and a leading supplier of AM and
RF Anti-theft Security Tags, Security Labels, and other loss prevention
products, was recently awarded "Most Innovative In-Store Solution" of the
year for the
Q-Tag,
at the 2018 Fraud Awards.
The UK Retail Risk Conference hosted the 2018 Fraud Awards. The event
recognized the technological advancements and innovative approach that ALL-TAG's
Q-Tag brings to the market.
To qualify for the "Most Innovative In-Store Solution," the judges looked
for innovative approaches to an existing, tried and tested solution or
genre. The solution had to be from either a vendor or be an in-house
retailer solution.
Read More Here
Amazon pitched its facial recognition system to ICE
Amazon employees met with officials from Immigration and Customs Enforcement
(ICE) this summer as part of a sustained attempt to sell the company's
controversial facial recognition technology, as revealed by internal emails
obtained by the Project on Government Oversights and first
published in The Daily Beast.
The emails show that ICE officials met with Amazon on June 12th, in a
McKinsey office in California, giving a specific pitch on the Rekognition
program as well as more general machine learning capabilities within Amazon Web
Services. The same official followed up a month later with a public link to a
blog post that responded to privacy concerns raised by the ACLU. There's no
indication that ICE ultimately purchased or used the system.
Available as an API within Amazon cloud services, Rekognition came under
scrutiny earlier this year after a
report from the ACLU of Northern California showed the feature was being
used by a number of small law enforcement agencies, some for as little as $6 a
month.
theverge.com
Seattle PD & Business Group Form Anti-Crime Watch Program
 This week the Seattle Police Department rolled out the city's first anti-crime
Business Block Watch Program in the West Seattle Junction. Six months in
development, the program is a pilot collaboration between the Seattle Police
Department and the Junction Association.
Jennifer Danner, the Southwest Precinct Crime Prevention Coordinator explained
that the new commercial Block Watch will operate in much the same way as
Seattle's residential Block Watches, giving members the ability to
electronically communicate with one another if they see suspicious activity in
the Junction and allow businesses to discuss recent crime trends, suspicious
behavior or concerning individuals.
Lora Radford, executive director of The Junction Association, said the Junction
Association has nearly 300 business members and that there is a "high level of
interest" in seeing the new Block Watch Program help monitor and address petty
theft in the Junction, especially during the holidays.
seattle.gov
UK: Call for Gov't action to protect shopworkers from violence, threats and abuse
The latest figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) show that
shoplifting has increased by 32 per cent in the last decade. Shopworkers' trade
union Usdaw's survey of retail staff shows a 25 per cent increase in violence,
suggesting there are over 260 assaults every day. The British Retail Consortium
reported a doubling of violence against shop staff in its annual Retail Crime
Survey. And the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) reported nearly a
million thefts from UK convenience stores in 2017, a 65 per cent increase on the
previous year. ACS also found that challenging shop thieves was the most common
trigger for violence and verbal abuse.
punchline-gloucester.com
Why Walmart Is Investing In A Startup Founded By Former Leaders
Of Israel's Top Intelligence Unit
.png) With the global cybersecurity battle growing increasingly sophisticated, and
with merchants' demand for personalized customer data only rising, Walmart and
other corporate giants including Airbus and Softbank have invested in Team8, a
cybersecurity think tank founded by former leaders of Israel's top military
intelligence unit, Unit 8200 - the cream of the crop from a country known as the
startup nation.
Walmart and the other partners have committed $85 million in capital and
formed an international coalition under Team8 that will exchange ideas on
different cyber issues. It will also help Team8 come up with businesses that
will help companies "thrive in the face of growing cyber threats" and not just
play defense, Team8 said Tuesday.
forbes.com
#MeToo Brought Down 201 Powerful Men
Nearly Half of Their Replacements Are Women
They had often gotten away with it for years, and for those they harassed, it
seemed as if the perpetrators would never pay any consequences. Then came
the report that detailed Harvey Weinstein's sexual assaults and harassment,
and his fall from Hollywood's heights.
A year later, even as the #MeToo movement meets a crackling backlash, it's
possible to take some stock of how the Weinstein case has changed the corridors
of power. A New York Times analysis has found that, since the publishing of the
exposé (followed days later by a
New Yorker investigation), at least 200 prominent men have lost their jobs
after public allegations of sexual harassment. A few, including Mr. Weinstein,
face criminal charges. At least 920 people came forward to say that one of these
men subjected them to sexual misconduct. And nearly half of the men who have
been replaced were succeeded by women.
"We've never seen something like this before," said Joan Williams, a law
professor who studies gender at the University of California, Hastings. "Women
have always been seen as risky, because they might do something like have a
baby. But men are now being seen as more risky hires."
The #MeToo movement shook, and is still shaking, power structures in
society's most visible sectors.
nytimes.com
$540K Embezzlement Scheme
Retail Bookkeeper Wrote Fraudulent Checks to Fund Online Gambling Habit
THERESA ERNESTINE LINSMEIER, 59, was sentenced to 27 months in prison for
embezzling $540,000 from her former employer. According to the defendant's
guilty plea and documents filed in court, from 1998 to 2016, LINSMEIER was
employed as a bookkeeper at Farm Mercantile, Inc., a hardware store located
in Fairfax, Minn. In her position, LINSMEIER had access to and was an
authorized signatory on Farm Mercantile's bank accounts and had authority to
sign and issue checks on behalf of the company. From about 2011 through 2016,
LINSMEIER transferred money to her personal credit cards directly from the bank
accounts to which she had access. and created false entries in Farm Mercantile's
general ledger to make it look like the money she stole had actually been used
to pay legitimate business expenses. In total, LINSMEIER stole approximately
$540,063, which she used for online gambling.
justice.gov
ICE's IP Unit Seizes Illegal, Unsafe Decorative Contact Lenses
About 100,000 pairs of dangerous, unapproved counterfeit contact lenses -
including costume lenses popular at Halloween - have been seized in enforcement
actions by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and its National
Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center, federal officials announced
Tuesday.
With the Oct. 31 holiday approaching, the announcement also warned of the risks
of wearing unapproved contact lenses and decorative costume lenses, saying they
are illegally sold online and in stores and can cause eye infections,
conjunctivitis and impaired vision.
law360.com
3 Bombs Found in 1 Week
Bombs found in mail sent to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama
An explosive device was discovered early Wednesday at Hillary and Bill Clinton's
Chappaqua home, while another one addressed to former President Obama was
intercepted in Washington, DC, officials said. A US official said investigators
believe the "functional explosive device" found at the Clintons' home in
Westchester County is linked to one found Monday in the mailbox of billionaire
George Soros' house in Katonah.
nypost.com
NRF: Consumers will spend 4.1% more than last year during winter holidays
Consumers say they will spend an average of $1,007.24 during the holiday season
this year, up 4.1 percent from the $967.13 they said they would spend last year,
according to the annual survey released today by the National Retail Federation
and Prosper Insights & Analytics.
Consumers will spend in three main categories during the holidays - gifts, at
$637.67; non-gift holiday items such as food, decorations, flowers and greeting
cards, at $215.04; and other non-gift purchases that take advantage of the deals
and promotions throughout the season, at $154.53.
nrf.com
Coral Springs, FL: Police Officer who punched
girl in viral video will not be disciplined
A police officer will not be investigated for punching a teenage girl while
subduing her at Coral Square Mall, an episode that attracted national attention
when a cellphone video went viral. "No policy was violated," Coral Springs
Police Officer Tyler Reik said Monday. "The officers went through what they are
trained to do and to de-escalate the situation. We try verbal compliance first,
and obviously that wasn't working."
sun-sentinel.com
Woman
speaks out about video of police hitting her daughter
South Carolina C-Store That Sold Winning $1.5 Billion Ticket to Get $50K Payout
FDA warns 465 websites selling unapproved opioids, drugs for cancer, HIV
REI closing on Black Friday for 4th year in a row
Sprouts Farmers Market to open 30 new stores
Target takes on Amazon, Walmart with free 2-day shipping this holiday
Amazon Expands Grocery Delivery and Pickup to More Than 60 Cities
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An Interview with R-CISC Board Chair, Colin
Anderson, CISO for Levi Strauss
 We recently interviewed new R-CISC Board Chair, Colin Anderson about his
involvement with the R-CISC and his thoughts for its future. He sees
opportunities to help members implement effective controls to manage their
respective cybersecurity risks.
R-CISC:
What's your personal approach to leadership?
Anderson: I'd describe myself as a situational leader. I have found one style
does not work in every situation. Sometimes I am a coach, sometimes I am a
collaborator and sometimes I direct. I am more analytical than creative and
would describe myself as data-driven and results-oriented.
R-CISC: Why did you become involved in your organization, and what has your
involvement looked like over time?
Anderson: I joined Levi's as part of a new leadership team recruited to help
return the Brand to its pinnacle. The challenge, leaders and belief in the
mission are what attracted me to the role. The choice has proven to be a good
one. Levi's is a great place to work and the team I work with is fabulous. The
fact that the Levi's brand is connecting with consumers and growing globally is
fantastic. Levi's has delivered global growth since 2015 and we have had
double-digit earnings growth for four consecutive quarters. No other apparel
brand in the world is growing at the rate of Levi's.
 R-CISC: Are there any developments that have posed important new challenges
to leaders of cybersecurity organizations?
Anderson:
The two factors I feel have had the greatest impact on cybersecurity leaders are
the pace of technical change and the digital disruption impacting every line of
business. Technology is driving a digital revolution, and that technology is,
more often than not, fraught with security concerns that need to be managed.
R-CISC: Why did you join the R-CISC Board?
Anderson: As one of the founding members of R-CISC, I joined because I believed
in the mission and still do. We as an industry needed to come together and join
forces to collaborate on our common cybersecurity risks. I believe strongly in
the quote, "A rising tide lifts all ships." If we as the R-CISC community can
help one another, then the entire industry will be stronger.
R-CISC: How would you characterize the board's role in the R-CISC?
Anderson: The Board's role is to influence strategic direction, provide advice
and guidance on investments, and select and coach it's leaders.
R-CISC: What/where would you like to see the R-CISC head in the next few
years?
Anderson: We have a great opportunity to be the voice of the industry on
cybersecurity, and provide the information, leading practices, tools and advice
to help members implement effective controls to manage their respective
cybersecurity risks. r-cisc.org
What UK-Retailer Morrisons' Data
Leak Class Action Means For Future Breaches
Insider Threat - Negligence - Regulators
'Fed Up' - Massive
Payout - 'Test Case' For U.S.
UK supermarket Morrisons is facing a
massive
payout to staff after losing the first data leak class action in the UK. It
comes after Andrew Skelton, a senior internal auditor at the retailer's
Bradford headquarters, leaked employee data online in 2014. Last year, a court
ruled the firm was liable for his actions.
The company appealed the decision, but today (22 October) a UK High Court ruling
found the supermarket giant liable for the data breach that saw nearly
100,000 of its employees' sensitive details including salary and bank
details posted online. Those affected can now claim compensation for "upset and
distress".
 The leak does not come under the EU Update to General Data Protection Regulation
(GDPR), but it shows the huge cost of a data breach going forward. This can
include class action by "interested parties" - including shareholders and
victims of the breach.
"It will be interesting to see how the precedents set by the ICO and FCA on
breached firms will shape the litigation of class actions moving forward,"
says Ian Thornton-Trump, head of cybersecurity, AmTrust International.
He says regulators are "fed up" with firms being breached, especially "when
they find it was easily preventable".
He thinks the future will see class action being supported by a regulatory
finding and fine. "In a way, an egregious regulatory fine and specific charges
of negligence, lack of due diligence in data protection or botched breach
notification will really stoke the fires of a class action, because the evidence
of incompetence will be readably available."
It will also be an interesting "test case" from a US perspective. "It may
even embolden more class actions in an already pretty litigious data breach
environment," Thornton-Trump points out.
"It serves as another large and unknown potential data breach cost that needs to
be factored into the corporate risk assessment. Certainly, in the case of
shareholder class actions armed with a comprehensive report from regulators, the
executives at a firm may find themselves in for a very expensive and precarious
career situation."
forbes.com
Yahoo to pay $50M, other costs for massive security breach
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Legal Cannabis in Canada Dominates
the Media
Here's the Daily's Summary of the Latest Coverage
Editor's Note: Given the widespread media coverage
cannabis legalization has received since its official rollout last
week, it would be impossible to include every related news article
in this column. Below is a sampling of articles chosen by the Daily
that best summarize some of the key aspects of legalization: the
employer consequences, the black market impact, the retail response,
border security and more. You can also check out our
Special Report on the rollout of legal cannabis in Canada. -Sean
Colarossi, 'Canadian Connections' Editor
Stoned at Work:
Six things employers should know in post-legalization Canada
 Here,
we provide a general overview of the most important things employers
should know about marijuana in the workplace:
What is the current legal status of marijuana in Canada?
The Government of Canada has announced the legalization of
recreational use of marijuana, effective on October 17, 2018.
Does legalization of marijuana mean employees can be impaired at
work?
No. Employers will have the right to set rules for non-medical use
of marijuana in the workplace in much the same way that employers
currently set rules for use of alcohol.
Does the duty to accommodate extend to medical marijuana?
Yes. The duty to accommodate, as required by provincial and federal
human rights legislation, extends to disabled employees who use
medical marijuana.
How far does the duty to accommodate employees using medical
marijuana extend?
Human rights legislation requires that a disabled employee be
accommodated. What, precisely, does this mean in the context of
medical marijuana?
Click here to learn more.
What can employers do to meet their obligations?
Employers may need to revisit workplace policies that address drug
and alcohol use, with attention to two competing obligations: on the
one hand, employers have a duty to accommodate disabled employees,
and medical marijuana is used to treat medical conditions that can
constitute a "disability".
What is the future of marijuana in the workplace?
The changes to the legal status of marijuana have created unique and
unprecedented challenges for employers. It may seem daunting;
however, employers need not change their practices drastically.
go2hr.com
Legal Cannabis vs. Black Market in Canada: Can it Compete?
Canada Nearly Runs Out of Weed After Legalization
How Much Must Canadian Employers Accommodate Use of Medical
Marijuana?
Study: Marijuana Legalization in Canada Could Improve Border
Security
Legal Marijuana In Canada: Here's What To Know When Crossing The
Border
Day One Sales Across Canada Could Top C$27.9 Million
North American Cannabis Retail Sales set to Grow as Cannabis
Consumption Rises
Quebecers placed more than 24K orders on Day 1 of legal cannabis
Ontario Cannabis Store says it had 100,000 online sales in first 24
hours
Shopify sees 100 pot orders per minute on Canadian websites for
legalization day
Retailer plans to challenge Quebec cannabis law in court
Pot deliveries could slow down everyone's mail
Canada's LP Problems Sounds Like the U.S.
Civil Recovery & The Judicial Systems Response to Increasing
Shoplifting Making the News in Canada
Lawyers Complaining About Demand Letters - Shoplifting is Increasing
& Packed Courts Not Hearing Cases
Paul Genua, a Toronto criminal lawyer, likens the practice to
extortion because the demand letters threaten legal action if the
recipient doesn't pay, but he says a retailer would never take the
person to court.
Yet the letters persist, some of them citing a 1997 lawsuit brought by Hudson's
Bay against a man who was caught stealing $200 worth of gloves. A judge awarded
$100 in damages -
not for shoplifting but for trespassing - and the judgment was
upheld and increased to $300 on appeal.
Retailers defend the letters as a way to extract speedy
retribution and recover some of the $4.67 billion in annual losses.
Many of the letters originate from a single sender - Toronto lawyer
Patrick K. Martin.
It is not clear who gets the money when someone pays. Half a dozen
lawyers say that the claims are invalid or that they haven't seen a
retailer follow through with a lawsuit.
"This is one of the tricks, right?" says Alice Woolley, president of the
Canadian Association for Legal Ethics, a not-for-profit agency that encourages
debate on legal ethics. "The stores send the letter, and if you don't pay,
nothing happens. They don't go to court because they know they won't win. So
they just count on a certain percentage of people paying."
Woolley says the letters "are completely without legal merit.
There's an exploitation of power there." But she speculates that the
government hasn't stepped in to regulate the issue because "some
people think that, morally, the retailers are in the right."
Walmart says they use the demand letters to offset the costs of
shoplifting.
Shoplifting on the rise
Toronto is on pace to have a record number of shoplifting incidents
in 2018. Halfway through the year, more than 10,000 cases had been
reported to the Toronto Police Service, close to 2014's total of
11,010.
And the crime is on the rise in other jurisdictions.
In Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia shoplifting rose 30 per
cent, 65 per cent and 25 per cent respectively from 2013 to 2017.
It's so common that in some U.S. cities, police have scaled back
their response to the crime.
thestar.com
Canada Store Openings
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Sporting Life opens 1st Montreal-area store
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Lowe's Canada Opens Second Windsor Location
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Krispy Kreme is coming to Montreal
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Sabrina Butterfly opens new shop and studio
Canadian Security service expanding reach from Alberta to Dominican
Republic
A 'weak link' no more?
New trade deal prods Canada to stop Chinese counterfeits headed for
U.S.
Deciem founder ordered to stay away from Estee Lauder offices
Businesses spent $14B on cybersecurity in '17, more than 20% hit by
cyberattack
U.S. holiday workers to get 32% pay hike this year - what about
Canada?
Hudson's Bay Removes 'Make Canada Great Again' Hat From Site Amid
Backlash
Sky's the limit as Calgary opens testing area for drones and new
technologies
Mastermind Toys Announces Strategy Shift Amid Massive Store
Expansion
Sporting Life and Golf Town to merge, but continue operating
separate stores
Durham, ON: Workers tied up during armed attack on legal cannabis grow-op
Workers were tied up for four hours during an attack by armed men at a legal
cannabis grow-op in Ontario, police have confirmed. According to Durham Region
police, five men carrying guns approached a small group of workers tending to a
legal outdoor marijuana grow operation early Thursday morning in Beaverton, Ont.
Police say four of the employees were forced into a security trailer and tied
up. The suspects then took the staff's personal belongings and several garbage
bags full of dried cannabis from a storage barn. The suspects also stole one of
the worker's cars to make their escape. The workers were eventually able to free
themselves and call police.
ctvnews.ca
St. Albert, AB: Thief in stolen employee vest hits Lowe's, Best Buy
for nearly $20K
(Update) Edmonton, AB: 16-year-old pleads guilty to manslaughter, not
first-degree murder in killing of Mac's clerk
Calgary, AB: Thieves cut through walls of businesses to rob Calgary jewelry
store
Pembina Valley, MB: Man and two women caught after stealing from local retailers
Robberies & Burglaries
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C-Store - Pictou County, NS - Armed Robbery
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Cannabis Grow-Op - Durham, ON - Armed Robbery
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Jewelry Store - Calgary, AB - Burglary
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Why Using Rules Of Thumb To Predict Fraud Is A
Fail
Sift Science said Tuesday
(Oct. 23) it had debuted Sift Insights, billed as a reporting suite that offers
a view of how fraud hits corporate top and operating lines, and impacts customer
experience. The new offering is built into the Sift Science Digital Trust
Platform.
The firm's latest movement in real-time fraud analysis comes as the company also
offers insight, via a white paper, into "10 Fraud Myths" commonly held by risk
professionals. With the analysis of 165 billion transactions, Sift Science's
myths run the gamut, spanning from how much fraudsters ring up in average
individual orders to where (geographically speaking) they ply their trade, to
how long they wait after account takeovers to use stolen accounts.
In an interview with Geoff Huang, vice president of product at fraud prevention
solutions provider Sift Science, the executive stated that the myths point
toward an overarching mindset among businesses: "the idea that one can rely on a
rule of thumb to predict fraud." For example, he pointed to the commonly held
rule of thumb that some days - notably, the days that cluster around holidays
and spikes in shopping activity - should see more fraudulent activity than
others. However, contrary to the rule of thumb, it's not Black Friday or Cyber
Monday that see the most fraudulent activity. It turns out that, for online
retail last year, the "fraudliest day" was Dec. 3.
Huang pointed to another rule of thumb that the bad guys make small purchases on
victims' accounts to "fly below the radar" and avoid detection. Sift Science has
found, though, that while "good" orders have an average transaction value of
$910, the average fraudulent order comes to $3,300.
"What also jumped out at us was the pattern of behavior after an account
takeover," Huang told PYMNTS. The rule of thumb here is that after committing
account takeover fraud, those fraudsters lie in wait before using the stolen
account. However, as Huang noted, within a week after the ATO, account activity
gets a boost by as much as 22 times.
These and other myths, he said, illuminate the "surprising and unpredictable and
changing nature of fraud. Just when you think you have a rule of thumb to cover
[fraud], you really need a huge amount of data to see the trends that matter."
pymnts.com
US and UK join up to tackle ad fraud, a $50
billion problem
Walmart to expand shipping perks for shoppers
ahead of the holidays
Amazon, Flipkart and other e-commerce websites
under scanner for selling spurious imported cosmetics
Amazon opens its first fashion pop-up shop in
London
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Marine Corps First Sergeant at Parris Island led
$1.5 million razor theft
 Earlier
this month, a noncommissioned Marine Corps officer and three civilians at the
Beaufort County installation were accused of trying to profit off the store's
cache of grooming supplies after more than $1.5 million worth of razors and
razor blades went missing. First Sgt. Lascelles Chambers, a Marine for the past
21 years, faces possible charges in military court. The allegations emerged
publicly after the 3 civilian employees were indicted on Oct. 10 with conspiracy
to defraud the United States. The felony carries up to five years in prison.
Byson and Harrison also face a felony count of theft of government property,
which could bring up to 10 years. They are set to be arraigned Oct. 30 in U.S.
District Court in Charleston.
Starting around January 2017, Chambers asked Brutus to start stealing boxes of
high-end Gillette razors, razor blades and other items from the store's
warehouse. Brutus then enlisted two other employees to help out. They took
razors from the store every week. They disabled surveillance cameras or took
care not to be seen on the footage. At first, the workers delivered the stolen
goods in person to Chambers. But in March, Chambers was transferred to his
current post in Florida, so they started sending him packages through the mail.
postandcourier.com
U.S. Navy Sailor convicted of scamming 2,500
credit card numbers; 3 years and 6 months in prison
A U.S. Navy man will spend three years and six months in prison for his
involvement in an identity theft ring that stole more than 2,500 credit card
numbers and fraudulently purchased $340,000 in consumer products in 2012. Jarrod
Langford, 27, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit credit card fraud and
aggravated identity theft while he was an active Navy member at Lemoore Naval
Air Base.
visaliatimesdelta.com
Moscow, ID: Northwest River Supplies employee
pleads guilty to $200,000 theft of merchandise; sold on eBay
A 40-year-old man who pleaded guilty to one count of felony grand theft in
August for stealing nearly $200,000 in items from Northwest River Supplies and
selling them on ebay is scheduled to be sentenced Monday in Latah County 2nd
District Court. According to court documents, Matthew Erickson, a former NRS
employee, admitted to stealing 191 items from NRS over the course of 2 ½ years
and selling them on ebay at wholesale cost for $89,750. Erickson was caught by
his boss after a camera system was installed at NRS after items in the warehouse
continued to go missing.
dnews.com
Boise, ID: 3 charged with using stolen credit cards at
Boise stores
Byron Espinoza of California is facing felony charges of grand theft and
burglary, while Walter Aguilera-Campino and Rodolfo Espinosa, both of Santiago,
Chile, are each facing a burglary charge. Police say the suspects traveled to
Idaho to carry out the scheme, and have been accused of similar crimes in Utah.
ktvb.com
Hinsdale, IL: $10K Worth Of Items Stolen From
Boutique
Maryland Heights, MO: Police investigating 3rd case of
Romanian thieves with phony credit cards, loads of cash and encoding machine
Channahon, IL: Thornton's Busts 10 Fuel Thieves; charged
with felony Retail Theft
Del Rio, TX: Man faces state jail felony theft charge;
stealing from Hardware store with 2 prior convictions
Joliet, IL: Woman charged with Class 4 Felony for
shoplifting at Target; prior conviction
Erie, PA: Millcreek Police investigating retail theft at
Boscov's; 4 suspects wanted
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Shootings & Deaths
Spokane, WA: Police arrest suspect in stabbing
death in 7-Eleven parking lot
Police arrested a man suspected of stabbing and killing another man early
Tuesday at a downtown Spokane 7-Eleven after a fight broke out in the parking
lot. Using video surveillance footage, police identified the suspect as
29-year-old Andre A. Conway. Officers found and arrested him at about 12:30 p.m.
spokesman.com
Lexington, KY: Security of Fayette Mall questioned after
man charged over gunfire, fight
Robberies, Incidents & Thefts
Forsyth County, NC: Suspects tie up clerk, douse
clerk in fuel and set fire to C-Store
 Deputies
are searching for two men they say bound a store clerk and doused him in fuel
before setting fire to the building with the victim still inside. Shortly after
11 p.m. Saturday, Forsyth County deputies responded to a reported robbery at the
Stop and Save in Lewisville. Investigators determined that two suspects entered
the store around 9:40 p.m. and demanded money from the clerk while showing and
threatening to use a handgun. They say the clerk was tied up and accelerant was
poured throughout the store.
The store's owner, who didn't want to be identified, said his employee was bound
with zip ties and tied to a chair. The suspects used diesel fuel, which they
poured on the employee, as well as inside the store. The owner added that the
men were inside the store for about an hour, even pretending to be employees
when would-be customers tried to enter. Deputies say, and documents show, that
the suspects stole thousands of dollars' worth of items. The owner says the
clerk was able to free himself from the zip ties, but was unable to escape. The
store's windows are protected by bars. "If he was not able to get away from the
zip ties, he would have died here," the owner said.
myfox8.com
New York, NY: Serial Manhattan robbery suspect
smashes window with rock
 Police
are looking for a robber who has used a rock or a brick to break into four
stores in Manhattan a total of six times, and they're hoping surveillance video
will lead to an arrest. Investigators released video showing the suspect
throwing an object through the rear glass door of a Timbuk2 on Lafayette Street
in SoHo around 3 a.m. on Saturday, October 13. Once inside, the suspect made of
with $300. Authorities believe he is also responsible for two similar incidents
at The Mobile Spa on East Houston and one at Pressed Juice on Lafayette Street.
In those three incidents, he (and accomplices in once case) made off with 50
headphones, 54 cell phone cases, $5,400 in cash, an ebike, 10 cell phones, 16
speakers, 15 portable charges, 10 selfie sticks a cash drawer and an Apple iPad.
abc7ny.com
Saginaw
Township, MI: Suspects arrested after smash-and-grab at Kay's Jewelers in the
Fashion Square Mall
New York, NY: Teens wanted in robberies of at least 7
Midtown restaurants and customers
Leesburg, VA: Two arrested for series of robberies
targeting 7-Eleven stores
Hong Kong, China: Bungling robber flees empty-handed from
7-Eleven after staff ignore bomb threat and his demand they put $2,000 into
WeChat Pay account
Counterfeit
Newark, NJ: Woman sentenced for trafficking
counterfeit goods worth $3M
A New York City woman who admitted trafficking $3 million worth of counterfeit
goods including knockoff Louis Vuitton handbags through a New Jersey port is
headed to prison. Xiao Xia Zha received an 18-month sentence Monday. Federal
prosecutors say that from November 2013 through February 2017, Zhao received
certain shipping container numbers from someone overseas that identified at
least three containers containing counterfeit merchandise. She asked some Port
of Newark workers to remove the containers before they could be examined by
Customs and Border Protection staffers. Once the containers were removed, Zhao
directed they be delivered to other people who would distribute the merchandise
in New Jersey and elsewhere. But law enforcement officers intercepted the
containers before Zhao could distribute the goods, which also included fake Nike
footwear.
startribune.com
State College, PA: Police Say Women Used Counterfeit $100
Bills at 10 State College Area Stores
Sentencings & Charges
4 Members of International Burglary Crew Arrested
& Charged In Manhattan Federal Court
More Than a Dozen Heists Across US & Europe Over 11 Years & Stole Over $10
Million in Jewelry
DAMIR PEJCINOVIC, a/k/a "Damian," a/k/a "CoCo," GZIMI BOJKOVIC, a/k/a Jimmy,"
ADRIAN FISEKU, and ELVIS CIRIKOVIC, a/k/a "Gorilla," were arrested this
morning.
 From
2006 to 2017 the criminal organization operated principally in New York City,
California, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Florida, Massachusetts, Maine, and Europe.
Members and associates of the organization committed numerous burglaries of
jewelry stores and banks. From Portland, Manhattan, Germany, Kansa City, Los
Angeles, Philadelphia, Scarsdale, to New Jersey these crew along with other
members hit mostly jewelry stores and a couple of banks for millions in jewelry.
PEJCINOVIC, 44, of New York, New York, BOJKOVIC, 36, of Staten Island, New York,
FISEKU, 35, of Staten Island, New York, and CIRIKOVIC, 35 of Woodhaven, New York
face multiple charges and more than 30 years in prison.
Various law enforcement agencies, Interpol, Eurpol, and the DOJ were involved in
this eleven year investigation which led to today's arrests.
justice.gov
Albuquerque, NM: Man involved in beating death
gets max sentence
under plea agreement
Emilio Mirabal and two others attacked 66-year-old Irvin Sanchez outside the
7-Eleven on San Mateo and Kathryn in 2016. Witnesses say they saw the men
rummage through Sanchez' pockets before leaving him to die. Mirabal was facing
murder, but the state agreed to let him plead no contest to robbery instead.
Monday, the defense argued that the victim suffered a heart attack and was not
murdered. However, Judge Cristina Jaramillo sentenced Mirabal to the maximum
allowed under his plea agreement -- three years in prison.
krqe.com
Bellefonte, PA: C-Store Manager stole $14,200;
Judge makes a stern point
at sentencing
A former Snappy's store manager convicted of stealing about $14,200 from the
Centre Hall store was not sentenced to jail time Tuesday. Instead, Tracy
Addleman, a 40-year-old from Centre Hall, was sentenced to four years of
intermediate punishment after her felony theft by deception conviction in
September. Judge Katherine Oliver also ordered her to pay back the stolen money.
"The sentence must address the growing problem of employee theft and
embezzlement and send a clear message to the community that this behavior is
inappropriate and will not be tolerated," Bower said in his sentencing
memorandum. "A sentence of anything less than county incarceration diminishes
the severity of her offense - stealing more than $14,000 from a local business
while entrusted as a manager."
centredaily.com
Anne Arundel County, MD: Man sentenced to 11
years for Armed Robberies across state Washington, D.C.
Winchester, VA: Robber gets 40 months for 7-Eleven heist;
2 robbers split $64
Baltimore, MD: Man Sentenced to Life Plus 35 Years for
murder outside C-Store
Phoenix, AZ: Tuba City Man Sentenced to Over 8 Years for Armed Robbery
and Assaulting Officers
Greenbelt, MD: Leader of C-Store Armed Robbery Crew Sentenced to 11
Years
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AT&T Lansing, IL - Armed Robbery
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Boost Mobile - Dayton, OH - Robbery
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C-Store - Northglenn, CO - Burglary
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C-Store - Forsyth County, NC - Armed Robbery / Arson
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C-Store - Wichita, KS - Armed Robbery
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Clothing Store - New York, NY - Burglary
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Dollar General - Shreveport, LA - Robbery
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Dollar General - Rockford, IL - Armed Robbery
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Dollar General - Longview, TX - Armed Robbery
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Dollar General - Crossville, TN - Armed Robbery
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Dollar General - Garland County, AR - Armed Robbery
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Liquor Store - Fitchburg, WI - Armed Robbery
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Restaurant - Pasco, WA - Burglary
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Restaurant - Wayne, PA - Burglary
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7-Eleven - Abilene, TX - Armed Robbery
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7-Eleven - Chesapeake, VA - Armed Robbery
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