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In this
third video,
Alan Rabinowitz and Bob Bonstrom tell us how
Delta Lock has responded to
the challenge of "product sweeps" committed by shoplifters in stores with their
Hook Locks and Hold Downs. Learn how they can custom-design these
solutions to meet their retail customers' specific requirements.
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meeting their respective needs. As a Total Solutions Provider, Delta Lock offers
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function.
'Group LP Selfie' Pizza Party Drawing!
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FTC Regulations - Requirements - Audits -
Fines?
FTC Announces Agenda for the Seventh Session of its Hearings on Competition and
Consumer Protection in the 21st Century
Session at Howard University to Focus on Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence,
and Predictive Analytics
The Federal Trade Commission announced the agenda for the seventh session of its
Hearings Initiative, with a two-day hearing at the Howard University
Law School in Washington, D.C., on November 13-14, 2018. Howard University is a
co-sponsor of the event.
The hearing will examine competition and consumer protection issues associated
with the use of algorithms, artificial intelligence, and predictive analytics in
business decisions and conduct.
See detailed agenda.
The hearing will inform the FTC, other policymakers, and the public of:
● the current and potential uses of these technologies;
● the ethical and consumer protection issues that are associated with the use of
these technologies;
● how the competitive dynamics of firm and industry conduct are affected by the
use of these technologies; and
● policy, innovation, and market considerations associated with the use of these
technologies.
To further its consideration of these issues, the agency seeks public comment on
the questions listed below, and it welcomes input on other related topics not
specifically listed here.
Background on Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, and Predictive Analytics,
and Applications of the Technologies
Common Principles and Ethics in the Development and Use of Algorithms,
Artificial Intelligence, and Predictive Analytics
Consumer Protection Issues Related to Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, and
Predictive Analytics
Competition Issues Related to Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, and
Predictive Analytics
Other Policy Questions
Comments can be submitted online and should be submitted no later than
February 15, 2019. If any entity has provided funding for research, analysis, or
commentary that is included in a submitted public comment, such funding and its
source should be identified on the first page of the comment.
Additional sessions of the FTC Hearings initiative will be held throughout the
fall and early winter. The following hearings have been announced and are
upcoming. ftc.gov
Editor's Note: Given the subject matter and extensive use of these
technologies in LP/AP, IT Security, and retail as a whole and considering
that the outcomes could potentially drive regulations, external & internal audit
requirements especially with AI bias being such a hot button in the news, and
also it might establish fines. Therefore it would seem appropriate that solution
providers delivering these services and the retail industry itself be engaged
and participating.
Is Your Team a Spreader or Preventer?
Are They Immunized? - 80,000 Died Last Year - Highest Number on Record
CDC director Robert Redfield says
pandemic flu is "very possible"
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is keeping a close watch on the
flu after the highest number of deaths from the virus last year since modern
tracking began. It's been 100 years since the devastating Spanish Flu pandemic
killed 50 million people worldwide. In an interview with "CBS This Morning"
co-host John Dickerson, CDC director Dr. Robert Redfield said one of his
greatest fears today is another pandemic, which he says is "very possible."
 You
know, people ask me what keeps me up at night. And the thing that keeps me up at
night is just what you brought up, pandemic flu. So I think it's very
possible," he said. "And we're at risk for another pandemic. Our best
preparation for that pandemic is to optimize our response to seasonal flu...But,
John, I think that is, you know, remains a serious possibility."
The U.S. government estimates that
80,000 Americans died of flu and its complications last winter -- the
disease's highest death toll in at least four decades. "We lost more children
last year from flu deaths than any year before since we started recording...the
majority of those children that died were not vaccinated," Redfield said. "I
want to come back and argue that immunization is one of the most critical
tools we have to eliminate diseases...in this case, it's the most important
tool we have to minimize flu."
cbsnews.com
"Women's Walk" Protest Today
Google Engineers Are Organizing A Walkout To Protest
Company's Protection Of An Alleged Sexual Harasser
In a new email, Google CEO Sundar Pichai told employees that he supports the
planned "women's walk" to protest issues of sexual misconduct at the company.
A group of more than 200 engineers at Google,
while the NY Times reports 1,000, are organizing a companywide "women's
walk" walkout for later this week to protest recent revelations about the
search giant's protection of employees that had allegedly
engaged in sexual misconduct, according to four people familiar with the
situation inside Google.
The protest, which is expected to happen on Thursday, comes in light of a
story by
the New York Times last week into the alleged misbehavior of Android
creator Andy Rubin and other executives at the company, some of whom still have
positions of prominence at Google. Google gave Rubin a reported $90 million exit
package in 2014, following an investigation into an allegation that he had
coerced another employee to perform oral sex on him. That investigation
reportedly found that allegation to be credible.
On Thursday, Google executives hosted an all-hands meeting, during which they
attempted to explain their treatment of Rubin and apologize to employees. buzzfeednews.com
nytimes.com
Documents suggest Orlando Police facial
recognition pilot training and communication inadequate
The Orlando Police Department's pilots of Amazon's facial recognition technology
have had mixed early results, according to documents obtained by
Buzzfeed News under a Freedom of Information request.
Now in its
second phase, Amazon told the OPD as the first phase of the pilot was being
set up that the proof of concept "may generate as many questions as answers."
The deployment is concerning to Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) and others because of a
lack of clear, written policies governing the technology's use, such as to deal
with misidentification and appeals. Further, a police representative told
BuzzFeed News that officers did not receive training from Amazon on standards
for uploading images, and the department does not appear to have provided
training on rules for submitting images to add "persons of interest" to the
database.
biometricupdate.com
Ocean's Eleven-like Crew in 16 Bold Jewelry
Heists Over 11 Years Busted
The "incredibly sophisticated" burglary crew that stole $2 million worth of
merchandise from a Manhattan jewelry store in December 2016 -- and another $2
million worth from a Los Angeles jewelry store three months later -- had every
specialist needed for their caper.
 Acrobats,
strongmen and electronics experts were part of the so-called Pejcinovic
Enterprise, named for alleged ringleader Damir Pejcinovic, which federal
prosecutors in New York said struck 16 times between 2006 and 2017 in the United
States and Europe, according to New York federal prosecutors.
Pejcinovic and two alleged members of his crew were arrested last week and
pleaded not guilty in a case that had all the trappings of a real-life Hollywood
heist.
The crew included people who knew how to disable security systems, jam
cellphones and cut phone lines that connected jewelry stores with their security
companies, according to court records.
Beside the
jewelry heists in New York and Los Angeles the crew has also been linked to
burglaries in Portland, Kansas City, Beverly Hills and Frankfurt.
abcnews.go.com
Victoria's Secret employees say they witness
shoplifting almost every day but that they'll be fired if they try to stop it
Rare Article Points Out Retailers Are Doing
The Right Things
Do a simple Google search for "Victoria's Secret shoplifting," and you'll find
dozens of wild stories documenting shoplifting incidents at locations of the
lingerie retailer across the United States.
A bra specialist who works in a Victoria's Secret in South Florida told Business
Insider, "It's so normal, it's ridiculous." She said that despite the frequency
of shoplifting in her store, she's not able to do anything about it. That's
because Victoria's Secret has a strict policy where its employees are instructed
not to accuse, approach, discuss, or point out shoplifters in any way.
Those who do so risk losing their jobs, five employees, who asked to remain
anonymous for fear of retribution, told Business Insider.
 A
representative for Victoria's Secret confirmed to Business Insider that sales
assistants are instructed not to approach shoplifters directly. Employees are
asked to be observant and alert the asset-protection team, a security unit that
works with police to file charges, about any incidents.
Racial profiling is a concern It turns out Victoria's Secret has a common
approach to shoplifting - it and other stores, like Walmart and Macy's, have
policies designed to not only protect employees' safety, but prevent situations
where a customer could be falsely accused of shoplifting.
But some workers say that refusing to address shoplifting could create an
uncomfortable working environment.
"The ease of access to stealing merchandise and even returning it for profit has
caused associates to stop taking their job seriously and also even made
observing customers feel that we are a joke," Galindo said.
businessinsider.com
Barnes & Noble alleges ex-CEO 'sabotaged' sale
Details Sexual Harassment in Lawsuit
Barnes & Noble has snapped back at a lawsuit
filed in August by ex-CEO Demos Parneros, alleging the executive (who was
fired in July for violating the company's conduct code) "intentionally sabotaged
a potential acquisition of the Company to further his own self-interests, in
direct contravention of the Board's clear instruction to proceed with
negotiations and facilitate the potential transaction,"
according to court documents filed Tuesday.
In the lawsuit Barnes & Noble claims: First, the sexual harassment: As set forth
in paragraphs 103 and 121-122 below, on two separate occasions, Parneros
inappropriately touched a female subordinate and, during
the second incident, he made an advance and used sexual language, making her
feel uncomfortable and uneasy in his presence. Second, he mistreated and bullied
members of the executive team, including one
of his direct reports, an officer of the Company.
retaildive.com
Amazon Go is attracting return shoppers, long
visits
About 44% of Amazon Go shoppers already have visited the cashierless
store more than once,
and shoppers average about 27 minutes in the store per shopping trip,
according to a 60-day analysis of the first five Amazon Go locations conducted
by digital advertising and data firm inMarket. retaildive.com
National News Outlet Contacts 'The Daily'
Asking:
Are Retailers Doing As Much As They Can?
In a call last week, a journalist from a highly read national news outlet
reached out to the Daily inquiring about whether retailers are doing as much as
they can to stop all the Apple store thefts and to respond to the increased
violence/aggressiveness he's heard about. It certainly seemed as though he had
been researching the subject, following the retail news, and expected to hear
industry deficiencies - in anticipation of writing a high impact story. Or at
least that was our interpretation.
In explaining that the industry is doing as much as it can do given the
resources it has and that much like in the public venue, law enforcement's
limited resources, and the reality of society and the opioid epidemic, you just
can't eliminate crime or risk.
With that answer the conversation came to a quick end. Sometimes honest reality
doesn't make great news. Just a call we had. Gus Downing
Majority of UK consumers trust fingerprints over
PINs and want biometric payment cards today
Publix Recognized as one of Fortune's Best
Workplaces for Women
Consumer & Sr. Mgt. Big Disconnect - 40% vs. 20%
Ranking Price Top Factor
Destination Maternity reducing headcount as part
of restructuring
Quarterly Results
eBay Q3 gross merchandise volume (GMV) up 5%, revenue up 6%
The Container Store Q2 comp's up 1.3%, net sales up 2.8%
Big 5 Sporting Goods Q3 comp's down 2%, net sales down 1.5%
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Arecont Vision Costar Targets Sales Growth in Europe, the Middle East, and India
New resources provide enhanced support to customers and partners
Los Angeles, CA and Dubai, UAE
(October 31, 2018) -
Arecont Vision
Costar, the leader in network-based video surveillance solutions, announces the
promotion of a key staff member and the addition of skilled new sales resources
to improve customer and partner support across several international growth
regions.
The company, a business unit of
Costar
Technologies, Inc. (OTC Markets Group: CTSI), is increasing its presence in
Europe, the Middle East, and India through strategic hiring. The international
sales organization has its regional headquarters in Dubai, United Arab Emirates,
and is responsible for all worldwide Arecont Vision Costar sales and support
activities outside of the Americas.
 "We
are truly excited to promote and add these skilled and experienced team members
and sales partners to both enhance our presence and deliver improved sales
support to our end user customers, systems integrators, consultants, and
technology partners," stated Sanjit Bardhan, Vice President - International
Sales, Arecont Vision Costar. "The new Arecont Vision Total Video Solution and
its component megapixel cameras, video management system, video recorders, and
cloud-based web services offer valuable new choices to the market, and our
expanded team will help bring these products to our customers around the world."
Vineet Panwar has been promoted to Technical Director - International, leading
all technical support activities across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India,
and Asia-Pacific. Mr. Panwar first joined the company in 2015, as Regional
Technical Manager for the Middle East, Africa, and India.
Read More Here
Visit Arecont Vision Costar online at
www.arecontvision.com to learn more, or find sales contacts around the world
at
https://www.arecontvision.com/where-to-buy.php.
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Destructive Cyberattacks Spiked in Q3
Third Party "Island Hopping" Attacks Increasing
Instead of simply fleeing when discovered, adversaries are actively engaging
with incident response teams, a new Carbon Black study finds.
New data gathered from more than three dozen providers of incident response
services reveals a disturbing increase in the past quarter of destructive
cyberattacks targeting US organizations.
 What is not clear is whether the attacks-many of them from countries like China,
Russia, and North Korea-are a response to the current geopolitical climate, or
demonstrate increasingly punitive attempts by attackers to hide their tracks
after being discovered.
Either way, the implications of the trend are serious for enterprises, says Tom
Kellermann, chief security officer at Carbon Black, the security vendor behind
the report. Between the second and third quarters of this year, there was a
three-fold increase in destructive attacks where adversaries deleted or
encrypted data, destroyed logs and backups, and caused system outages in ways
designed to paralyze victims.
Thirty-two percent of the breaches that the 37 incident responders in Carbon
Black's study investigated last quarter involved such attacks compared to 10% in
the second quarter.
Compounding the severity of the situation was the fact that more than 50% of
the attacks that the IR firms investigated involved so-called "island
hopping," Kellermann says. These are attacks where threat actors target an
organization so they can access an affiliate's network, like that belonging
to a customer or partner. Thirty percent of victim organizations in the
Carbon Black study saw their websites being turned into a watering hole by
adversaries seeking to attack an associated company's network, he notes.
"Enterprises need to understand how their biggest customers and partners
could be indirectly targeted either from or through their infrastructure,"
Kellerman says. "They need to do a better job of understanding East-West
movement and do hunts and incident response in a more clandestine manner." darkreading.com
How the FBI weighs cybersecurity risks against
other criminal threats
Dan Patterson: When you have conversations with your colleagues, how do
you prioritize learning versus action? And there are a lot of other priorities
that the FBI works on in the, even the private enterprise work on, so how do you
prioritize where and how to spend money and actions? What type of conversations
do you have?
Leo Taddeo: Right. This is a continuing challenge for the FBI, for US law
enforcement, and for the US intelligence community. And that is, how do you
stack cyber threats against all of the other threats that are facing us?
Counterterrorism, for example, is a program that can't be ignored. Our own FBI
efforts against public corruption, and major crimes here in the United States
can't be ignored.
 So
as an FBI executive, there's a balancing. You don't have infinite resources, you
don't have unlimited budgets, and you have to allocate according to the
potential impact that you are trying to prevent, the potential adverse impact
that you're trying to prevent. So for someone like the Director of the FBI to
remove agents from an important program like counterterrorism, and transfer them
to the cyber program is an enormously difficult decision to make because what we
address on the cyber program may wind up being unaddressed in a different
program, and the answer for most of us is just hire more FBI agents and analysts
and solve all of the problems that we have. But that's not such a simple
solution.
techrepublic.com
Crypto-Locking Kraken Ransomware Looms Larger
Ransomware-as-a-Service Operation Joins Forces With Fallout Exploit Kit
A slick ransomware-as-a-service operation called Kraken has begun leveraging a
new exploit kit to help it score fresh victims, and unfortunately, that
combination may prove challenging to defend against, according to new research
released by analysts at McAfee and Recorded Future.
The
two security vendors have collaborated on a new report into the Kraken Cryptor,
which the companies say first appeared on a top Russian-language forum in
August.
Many of the insights into the ransomware come from one of its customer service
representatives, who goes by the nickname "ThisWasKraken." That individual runs
Kraken Cryptor as an affiliate program, which enables others to license fresh
versions of the ransomware that have been designed to avoid anti-virus software.
"Kraken's goal is to encourage more wannabe cybercriminals to purchase this RaaS
and conduct their own attacks, ultimately leading to more money in the
developers' pockets," writes
Gary Davis, chief consumer security evangelist for McAfee, in a blog post. govinfosecurity.com
RFID: Technologies, Applications and North
American Markets
Report Scope: This report addresses the need for an objective,
quantitative analysis covering emerging RFID technologies in the context of the
North American RFID market. The report provides a snapshot of the North American
RFID market and the share of principal applications and end-use industries that
constitute it.
Read the full report.
yahoo.com
Analysis of Growth & Security of the Global RFID
Retail Market 2018-2022:
Omni-channel Retailing a Key Driver for Growth
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Dawson Creek, BC: Smash-and-grabs up 200% at businesses, police say
Stores increasing security, requesting more police patrols
Commercial break-ins are reportedly up by more than 200 per cent in
Dawson Creek, B.C., prompting an emergency meeting between
business owners who are finding themselves out of pocket. RCMP
say they've received 47 reports of commercial theft since Jan. 15,
compared to 15 in the same period last year. The local chamber of
commerce held an emergency meeting over the weekend to discuss the
spike in crime. Kathleen Connelly, chamber president, said it was a
"packed" house. Many at the meeting called for more police
patrols. Switzer, for his part, said he and his colleagues have
increased security in and outside the store.
cbc.ca
Four out of five security officer programs face significant
budgetary pressure
A recent practitioner poll by the Security Executive Council, a
research and advisory firm, found that while a majority of uniformed
security officer programs face budgetary pressure from executive
management, many security leaders still do not use metrics to show
the value of these programs. 94 percent of respondents have
experienced requests to reduce uniformed security officer budgets,
the poll shows.
However, results also show that many security leaders aren't doing
all they can to protect or optimize those threatened budgets; nearly
30 per cent of respondents provide no reports on officer activity,
improvement or performance quality. Full results of the poll can be
found
here.
canadiansecuritymag.com
Silvia Fraser, head of security, City of Mississauga, named Security
Director of the Year
Recognized for her revitalization and transformation of
Mississauga's security program, Fraser is the recipient of the 13th
Security Director of the Year award, sponsored by Anixter Canada.
Fraser has only been with the department for about a year, but has
already affected tremendous change in that time (read more about
Fraser in the Sept/October issue of Canadian Security magazine).
canadiansecuritymag.com
Vancouver, Canada's Marijuana Capital, Struggles to Tame the Black
Market
When Canada legalized recreational marijuana, on Oct. 17, one of the
central aims was to shut down the thousands of illegal dispensaries
and black market growers dotting the country. But taming an
illegal trade estimated at 5.3 billion Canadian dollars
is proving to be daunting.
The Canadian government faces many challenges in stamping out the
illegal marijuana industry. For one, there are too many black
market shops like Mr. Briere's for the government to keep track
of. And as sluggish provincial bureaucracies struggle to manage a
new regulatory system, licenses to operate legally are hard to come
by, giving illegal sellers added impetus to defy the law. At the
same time, the police and the public have little appetite for a
national crackdown.
nytimes.com
With pot legalized, job openings surge in Canada's cannabis industry
- including retail positions
Check out Canada's first week cannabis sales numbers
province-by-province
Canada May Not Have Enough Legal Weed for a Year
Canadian Retail Sales Stumble at Modest Pace
Canadian retail sales keep stumbling along at a modest pace,
according to the latest Statistics Canada data. For the 3 months
ending August, total Canadian retail sales were up 3.7% on a
non-adjusted basis. This is about half the 7.1% gain recorded for
last year overall.
retail-insider.com
Canada Store Openings
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Graff Diamonds and Patek Philippe to Enter Canada with 1st Retail
Stores
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Matt & Nat Launches Aggressive Standalone Store Expansion
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American Apparel returning to Canada with online store
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BonLook expands to Western Canada with two locations in Metro
Vancouver
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Louis Vuitton Sees Weekend Crowds with Calgary Opening
Canada Post Strike May Hurt Canadian Workers as Businesses Shift
Services
Saskatoon Co-op workers may hit picket lines Thursday
Click-and-collect debuts at 22 Walmart stores in Canada
Longo's tests self-checkout in Toronto
All-day breakfast boosts Tim Hortons' growth
Winnipeg, MB: Dramatic video shows police firing guns, tackling man to end
standoff at beer vendor
 A
prolonged standoff at a beer vendor came to a dramatic end Thursday night when
police used non-lethal bullets to subdue the suspect as he tried to flee. The
incident began when police were called to The Bottle Shop, a beer vendor after a
man entered the store armed with two knives. He said employees were able to
leave the store while the man locked himself inside. At around 7:20 p.m. the
police tactical team fired "less-lethal" bullets at the man and he began to run
away. He appeared to be heading toward a nearby strip mall. A number of officers
managed to tackle the suspect to the ground and took him into police custody.
cbc.ca
RELATED:
Beer store standoff suspect was involved in meth-fuelled crime spree
 Toronto, ON: Two teenage males arrested in fatal strip mall shooting
of security guard
Two teenage males have been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting at a
strip mall near York University earlier this month. Dwayne McMillan was found
dead with gunshot wounds to his upper body in the area of Keele Street and
Canarctic Drive around 9:30 p.m. on October 2. The commercial building houses an
auto-detailing shop on the main floor and an unmarked marijuana dispensary on
the upper floor. On Thursday, police arrested two males in connection with the
shooting. Jahnoye Carpenter, 19, of Toronto and an unnamed 16-year-old male have
been charged with second-degree murder and arson to property.
citynews.ca
Toronto
man used 28 aliases in $500,000 cargo-redirection & identity theft scheme
Toronto, ON: Eaton Center shooter will argue he is "not criminally
responsible" for deadly 2012 shooting
Leduc, AB: Police investigate massive $50,000 sporting goods theft
(Update) Edmonton, AB: Evidence in Mac's store killings can't support murder
conviction, defence argues
Winnipeg, MB: Man arrested for assaulting loss prevention officer
Robberies & Burglaries
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C-Store - Prince Rupert, BC - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Windsor, ON - Robbery
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C-Store - Thunder Bay, ON - Burglary (ATM)
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Jewelry Store - Hagersville, ON - Robbery
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Variety Store - Toronto, ON - Armed Robbery (Yonge Street and York Mills Road)
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Variety Store - Toronto, ON - Armed Robbery (Victoria Park and Van Horne
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Instart: Halloween Is the Spooky Start to Online
Fraud Season
As holiday e-commerce increases in scale, transaction volume and complexity,
criminals are opportunistically driving an increase in fraud. Recent attack
trends documented by Instart include high-fidelity human behavior imitation used
for credential stuffing attacks and fraudulent purchases with stolen user
information, as well as native mobile API endpoint attacks, wherein APIs
intended for use by mobile applications are abused directly by bots and
attackers. In addition, hackers are now coordinating attacks across multiple
botnets to obfuscate malicious activity, making it difficult to detect and
block. At the same time, harmful applications and browser extensions are being
hidden within trusted websites, exploiting user trust and complicating security
efforts.
For online retailers looking to the ghouls and goblins of Halloween and the joy
of the holidays that are just a few weeks hence, identifying the problem of
online fraud is only the first step, observed Dan Druker, CMO for Instart.
This year, we are expecting an uptick in cybercrime related to tags and cloud
services. Retailers have been under pressure to add as many as 50 different
tags and cloud services to deliver compelling functionality for their customers.
But when your application is running across 50 different places on the internet,
none of which you control, its very easy for the bad guys to hide. This year
retailers should take special care to catalog and inspect every one of their
tags and cloud services to make sure nothing nefarious is going on.
globalbankingandfinance.com
How Vulnerable Is Your E-Business to
Employee-Assisted Fraud?
When you think of employee-assisted (or occupational) fraud, you probably get
the image of a retail worker sneaking merchandise out the back door of a shop or
pocketing cash from the till. Employee-assisted fraud is not just a problem for
brick-and-mortar sellers, however. It can impact any business that takes on
seasonal workers, including e-commerce retailers.
Workers you bring on as seasonal help probably will not work in high-level
positions within the company. They're in positions of lower authority. However,
they tend to have more direct interaction with both customers and cash, and
those conditions can enable fraud. This speaks to an important distinction when
looking at occupational fraud among seasonal employees: It's mostly amateur
fraudsters.
Eighty-six percent of people who committed fraud had no previous fraud activity,
based on recent research. There are three primary reasons that explain why an
otherwise-honest employee might commit fraud: Opportunity, Financial Trouble,
Attitude.
This holiday season, you're facing the threat of ORC infiltration, plus the
opportunism, desperation and resentment that are three primary triggers of
employee-enabled fraud. That points to one very simple question: What can you do
about it?
Fortunately, there is a solution. Here are five simple suggestions you can adopt
that might help cut back on your exposure before and after the holidays:
1. Know Your Employee
2. Recognize Your Employees
3. Embody an Ethical Culture
4. Enable Employees to Report Fraud
5. Mandate Purchase Orders
ecommercetimes.com
DCI, QPS partner to expand fraud prevention
services
Infiniti Research Unfolds the Future of Ecommerce
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Large-scale multi-state credit card fraud scheme busted
3 Miami Men Get Fed. Prison For Counterfeit CCs - Hitting Minnesota Sam's Club
Stores
Pedro Lorenzo-Concepcion, 37, Miami, Florida, got 46 months. Jorge Consuegra-Rojas
got 60 months. At the sentencing hearing, Judge Peterson recognized that
Lorenzo-Concepcion was an active participant in a large-scale multi-state
credit card fraud scheme and noted that Lorenzo-Concepcion continued to
engage in credit card fraud in other states after the incident in Mauston.
Judge Peterson also expressed concern that Lorenzo-Concepcion had served
three years for a felony drug trafficking offense shortly before the credit card
fraud activity in Wisconsin.
At the time of arrest after hitting a grocery store in Mauston, Wisconsin, a
search of their vehicle revealed false identification documents, counterfeit
credit cards, multiple cellular telephones, two computers, three flash drives,
six credit card skimmers, a credit card reader/writer, and 280 gift cards
valued at over $23,000.
A forensic search of the flash drives and computers revealed a total of 1,679
stolen credit card numbers, some of which had been used to purchase the
recovered gift cards. The investigation also revealed that Lorenzo-Concepcion
used fraudulent credit cards to conduct dozens of purchases at Sam's Club stores
throughout Minnesota between September 9 and September 12, 2016, for a total of
$8,072.38 in fraudulent charges.
justice.gov
Redmond, WA: Two brothers/employees steal $200,000 worth
of laptops from Microsoft
Two brothers are accused of stealing 180 new Surface laptops, worth about
$200,000, from Microsoft's Building 88. Both worked for the company - one was a
full-time employee and another was a vendor - and the two were behind a
"high-dollar theft," according to Redmond Police. Court documents say
37-year-old Craig A. Garcia and his brother, 31-year-old Cordaro L. Galvan, are
charged with felony theft.
kiro7.com
Albuquerque, NM: Pawn Shop owner, employees
bought, sold $5,000 - $10,000 of stolen goods
 An
undercover operation discovered the owner of an Albuquerque pawn shop was
allegedly buying and selling stolen property. The owner and two employees at "We
Buy It" were arrested Monday. According to court documents, an undercover
officer went into the business on several occasions and delivered stolen
property, some with security tags on them. APD said they discovered $5,000 to
$10,000 worth of stolen goods inside the store. Tuesday, the "We Buy It" pawn
shop doors were locked. Behind the red "closed" sign, store shelves were in
disarray. Some devices, cases and products are scattered on the ground. The pawn
shop owner Aaron Sheridan, and employees Fatu Ulale Jr. and Paul Skersick are
all facing charges. According to court documents, not only did the shop buy
stolen property, but they also allegedly made requested certain items.
kob.com
South Easton, MA: Man stole thousands in razors
from Targets in Easton, Taunton
Police are searching for a man they say has stolen thousands of dollars worth of
razor blades from Target franchises across southeastern Massachusetts. A loss
prevention officer from an Easton Target said the suspect has stolen around
$2,000 in razor blades from his store. Easton police, who are investigating the
case, say the suspect has also stolen from Target franchises in Hanover and
Taunton. Easton police said the man has shoplifted on six or seven occasions
since late August, typically concealing $300 to $800 dollars worth of razor
blades before leaving.
tauntongazette.com
Pasco deputies are asking for the public's
assistance in identifying two suspects in a theft at the Land O' Lakes Wal-Mart
 On
Oct. 29 at approximately 2:25 a.m., three unknown black males entered the Land
O' Lakes Walmart. One of the males acted as lookout as the other two loaded up a
shopping cart each. One of the two other males passed all points of sale without
attempting to pay and exited the Walmart with $718 worth of merchandise and
later abandoned the merchandise, which was later recovered, at the bus stop
located in the far south side of the Walmart parking lot. The other male
abandoned his cart of merchandise in the store before exiting.
Anyone who can identify either of the pictured two suspects is asked to call the
Pasco Sheriff's Office Crime Tips Line at 1-800-706-2488, reference case
#18-43265.
facebook.com
Latah County, ID: Update: Northwest River Supplies
Employee sentenced to 60 days, 14 years probation and $89,000 restitution; theft
and sale of over $200,000 in merchandise
Racine County, WI: Mt Pleasant Police seeking 3 Walmart
Shoplifters
Sonoma, CA: Friedman's Home Improvement nab tool thief;
nearly $900 of merchandise recovered from multiple stores
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Spokane, WA: Update: Police arrest second suspect
in deadly 7-Eleven
machete stabbing
 Spokane
police have arrested a second suspect in connection with last week's stabbing
death outside a downtown 7-Eleven store. Alexander M. Maravilla, 32, was
arrested on a second-degree murder charge on Friday. The charge stems from a
large brawl in the early hours of Oct. 23 in the parking lot of the 7-Eleven at
Division Street and Second Avenue in which Lance Ogle was stabbed in the heart
with a machete. Witnesses told police they saw Andre A. Conway, 29, take a
machete out of his backpack and strike Ogle in the chest. Conway, who has a
lengthy criminal record, appeared in court on first-degree-murder and robbery
charges and remains jailed on a $500,000 bond.
spokesman.com
Robberies, Incidents &
Thefts
The Time Bandits of Southern California
The true story of a ring of thieves who stole millions of dollars' worth of
luxury watches-and the special agent who brought them down.
On a quiet Monday around noon, two men dressed in black stepped onto an
ascending escalator in the underground parking lot of an open-air mall in
Century City in Los Angeles. By the time they had reached the top, they'd pulled
on ski masks and they were sprinting.
 "They're
coming, they're coming!" yelled Damian Dupre, a security guard at a Gearys
luxury-watch boutique, when he saw the men running toward the store. Dupre is a
solid six feet three inches, but as he rushed to lock the front door, the men
were already pushing their way in. The first intruder, a short, stocky man
carrying a rifle, burst in and his gun went off, shattering a glass case. "Get
on the ground!" he yelled, and the guard and three other Gearys employees
dropped to the floor. "Hurry up!" the man shouted to his partner. "We got to
go!"
Just four days earlier, a man built like one of the robbers had visited Gearys,
posing as a customer. Employees noticed his outlandish outfit-a checked blazer
and long denim shorts-and the way he used his phone to film the case that held
the priciest watches. Now the store's assistant manager, Daniel Arce, was lying
facedown next to that same case as the robbers attacked it with hammers. Arce
said a prayer as splinters of glass flew everywhere. I'm going to die, he
thought.
Less than two minutes had passed before the robbers fled with 36 watches, worth
$1.6 million. They sped away in a stolen gray Toyota that police would soon
discover outside the mall. Its doors were flung open. Its engine was still
running. And the thieves were long gone. Read full story:
gq.com
Beckley, WV: Bystanders and Papa John's employee help
police foil
an Armed Robbery
West Virginians show their strength and solidarity in confronting a criminal in
Beckley. It began just on Monday, before 8 p.m., when officers were called to
the Save-A-Lot. The initial call came in as a fight, but the details in the case
developed quickly. Investigators said the suspect, Kevin Saunders. had stolen
several packs of cigarettes by attacking the store clerk. That is when a
concerned citizen stepped in and was hit by Saunders.
The suspect then went across the parking lot toward Papa John's. Witnesses and
victims told police Saunders attacked a woman on the way and tried to steal her
car. That is when another bystander stepped in and prevented the robbery
allowing the woman to get away. Officers said Saunders tried to take two other
vehicles but was unsuccessful when the victims refused to cooperate.
When the suspect finally arrived at Papa John's, investigators found he had
threatened to shoot employees and took an undisclosed amount of cash. As he ran
from the store, he ran into Beckley Police Officers. In an attempt to get away
he was tased and ultimately taken into custody by Ptl. Nicole Rowe with the help
of a Papa John's employee.
wvnstv.com
Morrisville, NJ: NJ woman charged with stealing
$430K from Morrisville business; even gave herself 3 pay raises
 Yolanda
M. Torres, 43, of Hamilton, Mercer County, began stealing almost immediately
upon getting her job in July 2016 at Shu Dental Laboratory, Inc. She was
arraigned Tuesday on 10 felony counts stemming from the alleged theft. A review
of the company's accounting books showed Torres issued 188 unauthorized checks,
each fraudulently stamped with the signature of the company's owner.
Investigators determined that she falsified documentation to make 177 of those
expenditures appear legitimate. The other 11 had no supporting documentation,
according to the DA's Office.
She also gave herself three unauthorized raises, increasing her pay by $.50 an
hour in September 2016 and again by $.50 in November 2016. The following June,
she gave herself a pay increase of $1 per hour. Through these wage increases,
Torres collected an additional $6,114, authorities said.
theintell.com
Puyallup, WA: Suspect bit off a Loss Prevention
Agent's ear after being caught stealing polo shirts
A security guard had part of his ear bitten off when he tried to stop a man
stealing polo shirts from a Puyallup store. The guard first noticed three young
men in the store Friday and decided to watch them closely. He saw an 18-year-old
fold up two polo shirts, go into a changing room and come out with them hidden
in his jacket. When the man and his two friends left the store without paying,
the guard followed the would-be shoplifters and stopped them.
The guard was wrestling with the 18-year-old on the ground when the suspect's
two friends allegedly began hitting the guard and threatening him. As the guard
tried to flip the suspect over, the suspect bit his ear, "latching onto it,"
shoved his hand in the guard's mouth and grabbed his hair, records show. "As the
Loss Prevention Officer tried to get the defendant to let go of his ear, the
defendant bit harder, tearing a portion of the ear lobe." The guard needed 10
stitches to reattach his ear. On Monday, the 18-year-old pleaded not guilty to
first-degree robbery and second-degree assault.
thenewstribune.com
Brown Deer, WI: Three women arrested for
attempting to fight employee at Walmart
Houston, TX: Man arrested following 'under scanning' at
Walmart, fought with Loss Prevention
Hall County, GA: Suspect arrested in three 2016 burglaries
tied to All About Money gang investigation
Crossville, TN: Two additional suspects indicted in Dollar
General Robbery
Spartanburg, SC: Beer, steaks and jewelry go flying after
SC shoplifting suspect crashes moped
Sentencings
& Charges
Tobacco Wholesaler Admits Smuggling Scheme -
Defrauding CT $5.8M+ in Taxes
Between January 2013 and April 2017, KDV acquired almost $12 million in
tobacco products, primarily cigars and other products, from suppliers in
Pennsylvania, and distributed these products to hundreds of customers in
Connecticut that stocked tobacco products for retail sale. justice.gov
Washington Man gets 30 Months For $64K Credit
Card Fraud in CT
Waterbury Man Admits Committing Multiple Retail Violent
Armed Robberies
Menlo Park, CA: Man sentenced to 12 years in prison for
two Pharmacy Robberies
Marietta, OH: Man pleads guilty to robbing McDonald's;
facing 11 years
Longview, TX: Man sentenced to 9 years in prison for
stealing steaks from Grocery store; has 17 prior theft convictions
Stone Mountain, GA: Two men sentenced in Armed Robbery
that netted $30K worth of devices from AT&T
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C-Store - Granite Falls, NC - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Santa Barbara, CA - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - St. Landry Parish , LA - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Terre Haute, IN - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Massillon, OH - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Sanford, ME - Robbery
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Clothing Store - Cumberland County, ME - Armed Robbery
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CVS - Tysons Corner, VA - Robbery
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Cupcake Shop - Cleveland, OH - Armed Robbery
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Family Dollar - Eaton County, MI - Armed Robbery
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Foot Locker - Glendale, NY - Armed Robbery
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Gas Station - Berea, KY - Armed Robbery
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GNC - Patchogue, NY - Robbery
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Grocery - Beckley, WV - Robbery
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Grocery - Houston, TX - Armed Robbery
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Grocery - Reno, NV - Robbery (Bank)
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Hotel - Hartford, CT - Armed Robbery
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Liquor Store - Quakertown Borough, PA - Robbery
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McDonald's - Chesapeake, VA - Armed Robbery
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McDonald's - Hartford, CT - Armed Robbery
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Metro PCS - Columbus, OH - Robbery
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Pawn Shop - San Antonio, TX - Armed Robbery
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Restaurant - Beckley, WV - Armed Robbery
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Restaurant - Santa Barbara, CA - Armed Robbery
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7-Eleven - Lee County, FL - Armed Robbery
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7-Eleven - Burbank, CA - Armed Robbery
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