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Javier Leal promoted to Vice President of Asset Protection & Security
for Vallarta Supermarkets
Javier has been with Vallarta Supermarkets for nearly 22 years when he
started with the company in 1998 as Director of Loss Prevention. Prior
to his promotion to Vice President of Asset Protection & Security, he
served as the company's Director - Corporate Security & Asset Protection
for nearly 13 years. Congratulations, Javier!
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Richard Gutierrez
promoted to Director of Asset Protection and Security for Vallarta
Supermarkets
Richard has been with Vallarta Supermarkets for nearly 13 years,
starting with the company in 2007 as a District Loss Prevention Manager.
Prior to his latest promotion, he served as Internal Audit Manager -
Loss Prevention for over a year and Asst. Director - Corporate Security
& Asset Protection for more than 10 years. Earlier in his career, he
held LP positions with National Stores Inc. and Curacao.
Congratulations, Richard!
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A Threat Against Times Square on Reddit, and Police Are Mobilized
 Early on Sunday morning, the New York governor's office received a concerning
message from law enforcement officials: Someone had made a threat on the online
chat forum Reddit to
detonate a bomb in Times Square.
It was deemed that the threat was not credible, officials said. But soon after
receiving the news, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo released a statement at around 10 a.m.
calling for increased police presence in Times Square and an investigation into
the online post.
The
unusually public response to a threat police deemed not credible
underscores
officials' sensitivity to the security of New York City landmarks and Mr.
Cuomo's eagerness to appear proactive in addressing them.
"The bomb threat made against Times Square is a despicable and cowardly act
meant to instill fear and panic in our community, and New Yorkers will not
tolerate these scare tactics," Mr. Cuomo's statement read, and added that "there
is no indication that this threat is credible."
In response to the post, the New York Police Department said they had opened an
investigation and had increased police presence in the area, although they would
not specify how many additional officers were deployed.
The iconic New York City
area has been the target of terrorist plots at least twice in the last decade,
both of which were foiled by the authorities.
nytimes.com
NYPD's Security Operation for Thanksgiving Parade Comes with a Big Price Tag
Every year as the end of November draws near, New York City prepares for its
annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, a holiday staple since 1924. For 2.5
miles and roughly three hours, colorful balloons, floats and performers dazzle
crowds as they march through Manhattan, beginning at 77th Street and Central
Park West and meandering through the city before ending at Macy's landmark store
in Herald Square.
According to The Smart Shopper's 2016
report, the average total cost to hold
the parade itself is $10.4 million to $12.3 million,
with costumes alone coming to about $2 million and property taxes amounting to
another $138,573. Logistics and coordination of the event run from $1.5 million
to $3.4 million, covering workers, parade supplies and helium for the balloons.
Although helium prices and parade staffer salaries cost a pretty penny,
the real money goes to security.
No major event can be held in post-9/11 New York City without a massive police
presence. Out of all of the city's yearly events, including the St. Patrick's
Day Parade, the New York City Marathon and the NYC Village Halloween Parade,
the Thanksgiving tradition is the police department's biggest in terms of
security, according to the New York Times.
Officials have been tight-lipped about the cost, but with thousands of police
officers, bomb-sniffing dogs, and rooftop snipers, it isn't cheap. In fact, the
cost of the department's parade-related work was high enough that in 2010, the
city required that the parade be kept under five hours and its route reduced by
25 percent, which slashed the overall price for police presence by $3.1 million,
according to the New York Times report.
The procession that year cost the city $192,000 in police overtime alone,
according to the
New York City Independent Budget Office. Five years later, former Police
Commissioner William Bratton said more than 2,500 officers were deployed along
the parade route, breaking the department's record for the largest number of
officers ever assigned,
NBC News reported.
foxbusiness.com
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade may be without balloons this year
 It's a sight millions of Americans wake up to see each Thanksgiving morning.
Parade floats passing by television cameras, performances from some of the top
acts on Broadway and Hollywood. But this year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
could lose one iconic sight - the balloons. It's not because of budget problems
or some catastrophe with the parade organizers - it's
due to Mother Nature.
A strong storm system is expected to move into the northeast Tuesday night and
throughout the day on Wednesday. While the system will push out to sea by
Thanksgiving Day, the cold front that brings in much colder and drier air will
also usher in some very windy conditions.
Back in 1997, on a very blustery Thanksgiving Day morning in New York City, the
iconic Cat and the Hat balloon got caught up in some strong wind gusts. The
balloon handlers couldn't control it and it blew into a lamppost, injuring four
spectators. The city took steps the following year, instituting a rule that
states
balloons cannot fly if sustained wind speeds are in excess of 23 mph or wind
gusts exceed 34 mph.
While we still have several days to go leading up to the storm system and
Thanksgiving Day itself, computer models have been consistently saying that
winds will exceed these values Thanksgiving Day morning.
wwmt.com
Thanksgiving weather: Snow, wind could snarl travel in central, eastern USA
as 55 million clog roads, airports
 Like 55-million holiday travelers, a sprawling winter storm is expected to be on
the move in the run-up to Thanksgiving, bringing the threat of snow, rain,
strong winds - and major travel headaches - to central and eastern sections of
the country. Wintry conditions are expected not only to delay travelers on icy,
crowded Interstates, but also disrupt air travel with strong, gusty winds at key
airports.
"At this time, enough snow to create
winterlike travel is anticipated from central and northeastern Colorado to much
of Nebraska, northern Kansas, much of Iowa, northwestern Missouri, northwestern
Illinois, southeastern Minnesota, central and eastern Wisconsin and northern
Michigan,"
AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Brett Anderson said.
Forecasters expect Tuesday into Wednesday to bring the worst conditions in the
Midwest,
with strong, gusty winds battering such key airports as Chicago's O'Hare
International Airport. AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Alex Sosnowski said
winds are expected to increase around the
eastern Great Lakes and become strong and
gusty over much of the Northeast
from Wednesday afternoon into Thanksgiving Day.
Depending on the storm's midweek track, the frontal system on Wednesday will
likely bring rain along the Interstate 95 corridor in the
mid-Atlantic,
with snow expected in parts of the Great
Lakes and interior Northeast,
according to The Weather Channel.
AAA says the 55 million who plan to go at least 50 miles or more from home
for Thanksgiving mark an increase of 2.9% over last year - the
second largest number since the association
began keeping tabs in 2000. For the 49.3
million people traveling by automobile, major delays should peak on Wednesday
with trips taking as much four times longer as commuters mix with travelers,
according to INRIX.
A separate storm could also bring coastal rain and mountain snow to the
Pacific Northwest
both on Wednesday and on Thanksgiving Day.
Across the southern tier of the country, rain is expected from
California to Georgia
on Wednesday, with potential delays on the travel corridors.
usatoday.com
TSA expects record-breaking 26.8 million Thanksgiving air travelers
Stores Open on Thanksgiving Day 2019
Stores Closed on Thanksgiving 2019
Black Friday Store Hours for 2019
Deloitte:
For Retailers it is the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
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Seventy-nine percent of consumers will shop for holiday gifts during the
Thanksgiving period
● This Thanksgiving period (between Thanksgiving Thursday and Cyber Monday),
shoppers are expected to spend an
average of $415 per household.
● Of the shoppers who plan to shop this Thanksgiving period,
87% plan to shop
in-store
and
94% plan to shop online.
● Mass-merchant stores and online retailers dominate preferred shopping venues.
● Almost all of respondents said they planned to spend the same or more when
compared to two months ago (91%); one-third (38%) plan to spend more.
prnewswire.com
Gift Cards: Everyone's Favorite Gift, Especially Criminals
In the U.S., gift cards represented a $160 billion market in 2018. And in 2019,
gift cards remain the most popular item on wish lists, requested by 59% of those
surveyed, according to the annual winter holiday survey from the National Retail
Federation.
 Because gift cards are widely accepted, equivalent to cash, and mostly
anonymous, the industry is the target of many criminal schemes. Gift card fraud
can range from physical theft to cloning to exploiting programming errors on the
merchant side.
Card-cloning
- The most common form of gift card fraud involves thieves tampering with cards
inside the retailer's store before the cards are purchased by legitimate
customers.
Sham second-hand cards
- The continuing proliferation of gift cards means that many gift cards go
unused. These unused cards are often sold online, often at a fraction of their
face value.
Phishing attacks
- An emerging gift card scam is the Business E-mail Compromise (BEC) attack.
This is when a cyber-criminal hacks into a corporate e-mail account and
impersonates the organization's owner or senior leader to trick the company or
employees into sending digital gift cards to the fraudster's account.
Hacking accounts
- The sequential numbering systems used for gift cards can make it relatively
easy for a hacker to guess at available numbering. Alternatively, a fraudster
may purchase stolen account numbers from one of the Dark Web's black market
sites.
Fallback Fraud
- Fallback fraud is a low-tech workaround that bypasses protections against
counterfeit card use. To perpetrate this type of fraud, criminals tamper with
the card's chip or the card reader itself, causing technical issues and
rendering enhanced security features obsolete.
cpomagazine.com
SensiGuard offers tips to combat cargo thefts during Thanksgiving holiday
As the number of cargo theft incidents and loss values rise ahead of the holiday
shopping season, one industry group is encouraging the transportation industry
to adequately prepare for a spike in thefts that tends to coincide with the long
Thanksgiving weekend. "Holiday weekends are of notoriously high risk for
manufacturers and logistics-related organizations," according to a security
bulletin from the SensiGuard Supply Chain Intelligence Center. "Organized cargo
theft rings will be extremely active in the coming days, as more shipments are
left unattended for extended periods of time due to the upcoming holiday."
In the bulletin issued to logistics professionals, the group urges the industry
to ensure security protocols are up-to-date. In addition, they suggest
confirming a receiver's hours of operation for the holiday weekend are
consistent with scheduled delivery times in order to mitigate the risk of theft
while a load is at rest. Truck stops, highway rest areas and distribution
centers are at greater risk for theft during holidays, according to SensiGuard's
research.
On Thanksgiving weekends between 2014-18, SensiGuard recorded just under three
thefts per day, a rate 51% higher than throughout the year. These thefts
primarily targeted electronics (18%), food and drinks (15%) and miscellaneous
(14%). Additionally, facility thefts accounted for 5% of total thefts during the
previous five Thanksgiving holiday weekends, a rate 7% higher than the rest of
the year.
landline.media
Should Starbucks stick with its open bathroom policy?
A joint study from the University of Texas and Boston College found that
Starbucks' stores experienced a
6.8 percent decline in traffic per month compared "to other nearby coffee
shops and restaurants" since shifting from a customer-only to an open bathroom
policy in May 2018, following a high-profile
racial incident at a Philadelphia store.
Bathrooms appear to remain a headache for
all QSRs. A Business Insider article last
year indicated Starbucks was
installing needle-disposal boxes in bathrooms in 25 U.S. markets to address
workers' safety.
Not many laws require businesses to provide bathrooms to customers. Stores not
offering bathrooms avoid loitering or improper activity that may occur in them,
tasking someone to clean them and the risk of earning a reputation for dirty
facilities. For food establishments, many laws require businesses to provide
restrooms for customers if they have a specific number of customer seats, for
example, more than 19 in New York City.
retailwire.com
Bad Move for Proactive-LP Customer Service?
Sephora offers shoppers the choice of being left alone
 In
at least some European markets, Sephora offers shoppers two basket options: a
red one indicating
"I would like to be assisted"
and a
black one indicating "I would like to
shop on my own."
News of the beauty chain's move went viral in early November after a Sephora
shopper traveling from Seattle tweeted an image of the colored basket options
and wrote, "There is a fellow introvert on the Sephora customer experience team
who deserves A RAISE RIGHT NOW."
Replies to the tweet were nearly unanimously positive. Many fumed about being
asked multiple times if they need help in stores such as Bath & Body Works,
Victoria's Secret's, Best Buy, Apple and Home Depot. The benefit of avoiding
awkward encounters with sales associates was also cited. Many wanted to ask for
help when they needed it rather than be prompted.
retailwire.com
Editor's Note:
From the first day of an Associate's training, engaging the customer with
friendly eye contact and a simple welcome has been a staple of Guest Service. We
in Loss Prevention also believe that this first interaction also deters 'some'
from shoplifting. Finding that fine line between friendly Guest Service and an
over-zealous Used Car salesperson approach will be learned from experience and
probably some negative interactions with customers.
Historic Luxury Sector Deal:
Luxury Giant LVMH to Buy Tiffany for $16.2 Billion
LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the world's largest luxury goods company, said
on Monday that it would buy the jeweler Tiffany & Company for $16.2 billion. The
agreed deal, the largest ever in the sector, would give LVMH a bigger presence
in the United States.
The acquisition would add a prominent American name to the LVMH stable of
brands, which includes Dior, Givenchy, Fendi, Dom Pérignon and Bulgari. The deal
would help propel the French luxury company beyond traditional soft luxury goods
like clothing and handbags and into what is known as the hard luxury sector,
which includes watches and jewelry.
nytimes.com
Amazon rescues the Macy's Christmas star in Seattle
Macy's Christmas star has been a landmark of downtown Seattle going back to the
1950s. After Macy's decided to close the store, there were questions as to
whether the ornamental lighting would survive. As it turns out, Amazon.com,
which now occupies the top six floors of the old Macy's department store, is
paying around $250,000 to repair and strengthen the star so it can once again be
displayed on the building's roof.
seattletimes.com
 Retail
Veteran to Lead RILA Public Affairs
The
Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) today announced Michael
Hanson will join the association as senior executive vice president for public
affairs. Hanson will be responsible for identifying the industry's top
public policy challenges and working with both leading retailers and key
stakeholders to elevate the industry in Washington D.C. and across the country.
rila.org
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eBay's PROACT Team Partners with
Retailers to Fight ORC
 Did
you know that eBay has a dedicated team to partnering with retailers to
combat Organized Retail Crime (ORC)? eBay's PROACT (Partnering with
Retailers Offensively Against Crime & Theft) team was founded in 2008 to
join the fight with retailers and law enforcement against the growing
issues surrounding ORC. We have investigators in North America and
Europe who are dedicated to investigating cases of stolen property, and
providing support to retailers in their investigations. PROACT conducts
several trainings and presentations annually at various conferences,
Organized Retail Crime Associations (ORCAS), and online webinars to law
enforcement and retail partners to better collaborate and combat ORC.
Outside of investigations, the team itself is directly engaged across
several industry organizations through sponsorships, presentations,
trainings, and board positions to provide insight and support to the
broader community of investigators and law enforcement personnel:
● Long time annual sponsor of
the National Retail Federation's Fusion Center at the NRF Protect
Conference
● Hold active board positions
at the following organizations: Loss Prevention Research Council (LPRC),
Coalition of Law Enforcement and Retail (CLEAR), International
Association Financial Crimes Investigators (IAFCI), and the Utah
Organized Retail Crime Association (UTORCA)
● Longtime Sponsors of the
Loss Prevention Foundation (LPF) - Includes regular donations of LPC
Certification Course sponsorships to industry partners and law
enforcement interested in furthering and specializing their education.
To obtain additional information on the PROACT program, please
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ALL-TAG Develops Customizable 31x32 mm SuperLabel Combines Security with
Omni-Channel Marketing
BOCA RATON, Fla. - ALL-TAG,
an American manufacturer of RF Labels, and a leading supplier of AM Anti-theft
Security Tags, Security Labels, and other loss prevention products, announces
the development of a customizable 31x32 mm SuperLabel®, a multi-purpose security
label that will increase source tagging compliance by allowing Consumer Goods
Manufactures (CGM) to promote their brand and enhance merchandising.
ALL-TAG's customizable security
label offers many printing options, such as brand logos, slogans, and QR
Codes. CGM's and other retail merchandise vendors that are required to source
tag their merchandise for various retailers can now use the security label as an
additional tool that will keep shoppers informed and ultimately increase sales
of their products.
 Our 31x32 mm SuperLabel is also equipped with patented technology that boosts
the detection performance of the label. Therefore, users of this smaller label
will not be sacrificing performance. The smaller footprint allows it to fit on
more retail product packaging, does not conceal important printed content on the
outside of the packaging.
"We're thrilled to have added new machines in our South Florida factory that
enable us to produce this product in the US," commented ALL-TAG's Vice President
of Sales, Andy Gilbert.
"Source taggers can now satisfy their source tagging requirements, but also make
the security label work for them as well." Gilbert continued, "This is a win for
everyone because it will increase source tagging compliance, decrease shrink,
and increase sales all at the same time."
To find out more about the product listed in this release, please visit
all-tag.com.
About
ALL-TAG
ALL-TAG is an American manufacturer of 8.2 MHz Radio-Frequency (RF) Labels, and
supplier of Accousto Magnetic (AM) labels that are used to source tag retail
merchandise. ALL-TAG also supplies RF and AM Hard Tags, Ink Tags, and other
Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) solutions that are fully compatible with
Checkpoint® and Sensormatic® brand products. ALL-TAG has been manufacturing its
RF Labels for source-taggers and retailers throughout the world since 1992. Our
manufacturing facility is located in Boca Raton, Florida. The company also has
subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, Mexico City, and Hong Kong, to service our
customers throughout the world.
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 Cybersecurity
Workshop at NRF Big Show in NYC
Wednesday, January 15 / 8:00am - 1:30pm / New York Marriot Marquis
This workshop will provide retail business leaders
and information security professionals with strategic insights on cybersecurity
threats and how they can mitigate cyber-related risks to the retail enterprise
through in-depth discussions of the major cybersecurity challenges facing the
retail sector.
In partnership with:
1.2B Records Exposed in Massive Server Leak
A single server leaked 4
terabytes of personal data, including social media profiles, work histories, and
home and mobile phone numbers.
Security researchers have discovered an unsecured server containing 4 terabytes
of personal data - 1.2 billion records in total - exposed and easily accessible
online,
Wired reported.
The open server held profiles of hundreds of millions of people. Leaked data
includes home and cellphone numbers; social media profiles for Facebook,
Twitter, LinkedIn, and Github; work histories seemingly pulled from LinkedIn;
nearly 50 million unique phone numbers; and 622 million unique email addresses.
It didn't contain sensitive data such as credit card numbers, Social Security
numbers, or passwords, which are considered relatively more valuable to
attackers.
darkreading.com
Cyber risk increases at all layers of the corporate network
The growing popularity of cloud and DevOps environments will continue to drive
business agility while exposing organizations, from enterprises to
manufacturers, to third-party risk.
"As we enter a new decade, organizations of all industries and sizes will
increasingly rely on third party software, open-source, and modern working
practices to drive the digital innovation and growth they crave," said Jon Clay,
director of global threat communications for
Trend
Micro.
"Our threat experts
predict that this fast growth and change will bring new risks of
supply chain attacks. From the cloud layer all the way down to the home
network, IT security leaders will need to reassess their cyber risk and
protection strategy in 2020."
Attackers will increasingly go after corporate data stored in the cloud via code
injection attacks such as deserialization bugs, cross-site scripting and SQL
injection. They will either target cloud providers directly or compromise
third-party libraries to do this.
helpnetsecurity.com
It's Holiday Time:
Does Your Company Know Its Retail Privacy, Data Security Risks?
The "ching ching" sound from cash registers has been replaced by the silent
sound of the internet and ioT devices that envelop your credit card and all your
shopping history into the vacuum of data collection that has been pushing
through retail for years. Shoppers don't even need to leave their homes to
connect to their goods and the data savvy are using discount codes and e-coupons
to save more than their brick-and-mortar bound peers.
But how is this all possible in 2019, one year after the General Data Protection
Regulation (GDPR) went into effect and within months of the California Consumer
Privacy Act (CCPA) coming out in force? How can retail compete? How can they
keep up with the fascinating barrage of ioT technologies when they must
integrate the new and seemingly endless restrictions around data privacy that
would appear to impede their ability to use the data they collect?
Data privacy is not the end of retail as some might predict, but there are
issues that companies must be keenly aware of as they adopt new technologies and
adaptive revenue models in today's highly consumer focused data privacy
environment.
bloomberglaw.com
Taking Stock of Your Data Security to Deliver a Happy Holiday Shopping Season
According to the
2019 Thales Data Threat Report-Retail Edition, 62 percent of U.S. retail
organizations say that they have been breached at any time in their history,
with 37 percent breached in the last year alone.
With shoppers chasing the deals and cybercriminals following the money, below
are some recommendations to help ensure this shopping season is not just merry
and bright, but safe and secure.
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Fundamentals first: When it comes to data security, companies
should start with the fundamentals - encrypt and control user access to
sensitive data- and truly bake security into their brand.
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Modernize: Invest in modern, hybrid and multi-cloud-based data
solutions for modern architectures.
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Do more with less: Look for solutions that allow you to do more
with less. To keep costs and resource usage in line with IT budgets, while
delivering the level of security needed, use a platform and service-based
approach.
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Prioritize compliance issues: Compliance requirements often apply
to very limited data sets - leading to strong protections for some sensitive
data, but weak for others. Employ solutions that can help you achieve, and
maintain compliance, while improving your security and managing your risk.
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Pay attention: Focus on all threat vectors - both internally and
externally - and partner with a security vendor that can customize solutions
tailored to your organizations' threats.
securitymagazine.com
'Tis the (Holiday Retail) Season for Cybercriminals to Infiltrate the Supply
Chain
For retailers, a cyber disruption in the supply chain can fundamentally disrupt
operations, causing catastrophic harm to brand reputation, financial performance
and regulatory repercussions - and the stakes are even higher during the
make-or-break holiday sales period. Here are some important steps retailers can
take now to mitigate supply chain cyber risk this holiday season and beyond.
Step 1: Inventory Your Supply Chain
Step 2: Take Control of Your Third-Party Accounts
Step 3: Assess Your Suppliers' Security Posture
Step 4: Continuously Monitor for Changes
mytotalretail.com
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'Live in
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Opening Comments
Today's Leaders Teaching
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LPNN's 11th LIVE Season - filmed on Jan. 14, 2019 at the NRF Big Show in New
York City - kicks off with another
jampacked schedule featuring today's LP/AP leaders teaching tomorrow's.
Follow along in the coming weeks as we bring you the LP industry's only LIVE
digital conference, designed to help you increase your knowledge, broaden
your vision, and deliver better results in today's rapidly changing retail
world.
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4 Black Friday scams to avoid while you shop this Thanksgiving weekend
Online gift exchanges, digital card skimmers
and other traps are set and waiting for you.
 As
always, your best armor against these schemes, scams, frauds and cons is the
knowledge you need to sniff them out. Here's everything you need to know about
(not) getting duped this holiday season.
Avoid the 'Secret Sister' gift exchange -- it's a pyramid scheme
Originating on Facebook sometime around 2015, this gift exchange among internet
strangers plays off the popular workplace practice of "Secret Santa," a game
where each person buys a present for one other, randomly-selected person without
anyone sharing their giftee. Instead, it's a pyramid scheme dressed up in
holiday clothes, according to the Better Business Bureau. The "Secret Sister"
exchange invitation promises you'll receive about $360 worth of gifts after
purchasing and mailing a $10 gift for someone else.
Fake websites and fraudulent apps go 'phishing'
In a phishing scheme, the victim receives an email or text message directing
them to enter payment information or other personal details on a fraudulent
website, which is often designed to look just like a legitimate site.
Credit card skimming goes all-digital
Credit card skimmers that steal your personal information when you swipe a
credit or debit card at the ATM gas pump, or other payment kiosk have been
around for well over a decade, but October's attack on Macy's is an example of
that same technology deployed digitally.
'Juice-jacking' fears may be overblown
The Los Angeles County District Attorney's office published a blog post earlier
this month advising citizens not to use USB charging ports in public places like
airports and shopping malls, warning hackers could install "juice-jacking"
software that downloads malicious code on connected phones and tablets, granting
the thieves access to your personal information.
cnet.com
Security experts find Black Friday scams cost shoppers an average of $850
Watch out for 'too good to be true' deals on electronics
With a rise in the number of shops offering Black Friday bargains, security
experts say scammers are capitalising on the trend in the hope of conning
shoppers. Experts say fraudsters are becoming 'more sophisticated' in their
attempts to con people out of their hard earned cash, making it harder to spot
scams. Nearly a quarter of people aged 18 to 34 in the UK say they have
fallen for a scam linked to online shopping, with some losing thousands of
pounds.
Cyber-security researchers say scammers are using multiple avenues to convince
people to part with their money, including fake emails and false social media
posts that link to websites that steal their credit card information. Scams
include emails that promise 'unmissable Black Friday deals' and cheap TVs,
laptops and designer goods, say researchers. Hackers and scammers also
target employees of retail firms in the hope of gaining access to internal
systems.
A survey for Barclays found that people who had fallen victim to a shopping
related scam lost an average of £661 with 12 per cent losing more than
£2,000. Meanwhile, security experts from Proofpoint found that only 15
per cent of the top 20 Europe-wide online retailers are actively blocking fraud
emails from reaching customers.
dailymail.co.uk
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Idaho Falls, ID: Charges reduced for 3 employees accused of $6,000 from TJ Maxx
 Prosecutors
reduced charges as part of plea agreements for three TJ Maxx employees accused
of stealing thousands of dollars of merchandise. Amended charging documents show
Lissette Galvan, 18, Sonia Castro, 20 and Angel Cisneros-Ambers, 19, are charged
with misdemeanor petit theft for their alleged involvement in the scheme,
unraveled by the company's district loss prevention manager in Utah. The trio
was originally charged with felony grand theft after the employees admitted to
management and Bonneville County Sheriff deputies to stealing or helping steal
items over several months. The exact amount taken remains unknown but could be
upwards of $6,000, according to an affidavit of probable cause. Galvan, Castro
and Cisneros-Ambers were scheduled for preliminary hearings on Wednesday to
determine if prosecutors had enough evidence to move the previously felony cases
to the district court. The plea agreements reducing the charges came before the
hearing. Since the three are now charged with misdemeanors, the cases will stay
at the magistrate level.
eastidahonews.com
College Station, TX: Woman charged with the theft of 71 items from
Pink/Victoria's Secret
A Navasota woman has been arrested in connection with stealing in College
Station. She is one of three women accused of taking nearly four thousand
dollars of clothing earlier this month from a store at Post Oak Mall. The
College Station police arrest report indicates nine officers and staff members
have been involved in the investigation of the November 6th theft of 71 pink
brand clothing items from Victoria's Secret. According to the arrest report, the
women were caught on surveillance video stuffing into black plastic bags, 34
bottoms, 23 tops, and 13 bras. The store's security officer was able to follow a
trail of items left in the parking lot to the suspect's car. 18 of the items
were recovered. One of the three women has been arrested. 19 year old Skylett
Duffie of Navasota was charged with felony theft and criminal trespassing.
Duffie is also awaiting four trials in Brazos County District Court on
misdemeanor charges from the last two years. those charges include assault
causing bodily injury, making a false alarm or report, evading arrest and
possessing marijuana, and theft.
navasotanews.com
Chicago, IL: 4th Smash-and-Grab Burglary reported at Lincoln Park Cellphone
store
Tulsa, OK: Women steal $1,500 worth of vitamins from Natural Grocers
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Shootings & Deaths
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Lowndes County, AL: Alabama Sheriff shot and killed while responding to
a C-Store call
An Alabama Sheriff was shot and killed Saturday. Lowndes County Sheriff
"Big John" Williams was responding to a call at a convenience store and
gas station when he was fatally shot. Details on the shooting weren't
immediately clear, but Williams was apparently killed around 8 p.m.
local time at a QV gas station in Hayneville, Alabama. William Chase
Johnson, the 18-year-old suspected shooter was taken into custody
shortly after midnight. Johnson initially fled the scene but returned to
the convenience store to turn himself in several hours later.
wkrg.com
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Robberies, Incidents & Thefts
Update: Pleasant Prairie, WI: Felony charges for 4 men accused of over $30,000
retail theft during North Face 'flash mob'
 Several
people charged in a "flash mob" retail theft in Pleasant Prairie are now facing
new felony charges for an earlier theft at the same mall. On July 1, a group of
men rushed into the North Face store at Pleasant Prairie Premium Outlets,
grabbing armfuls of coats and other expensive clothing, leaving the store with
more than $30,000 in merchandise. The group was in and out of the store in 30
seconds With the attention gained by the video, nine of the 10 people seen in
the video were identified by people who tipped off Chicago Police, leading to
charges against them. Two of the nine, Clifford Field, Jr., 27, and Jerrod Brim,
25, have already entered guilty pleas and are awaiting sentencing.
This week, four of the defendants in that case were charged with felony
retail theft for an earlier theft at the outlet mall, a "grab and go" theft at
the True Religion store. In that theft, which occurred April 26, five men
ran into the store and in less than one minute grabbed 75 pairs of jeans valued
at more than $7,500 combined. Three of the men, both Strattons and Green,
are also charged with a theft that happened at the mall June 19. Pleasant
Prairie Police Chief David Smetana said the detective on the North Face case
went through security video and social media posts tied to the suspects in the
original case to see if the men could have been involved in earlier thefts at
the mall.
"Our detective did an incredible amount of work on social media and linking
people back to events that they talked about on social media," Smetana said. He
said the department is also working with other jurisdictions to see if the group
is tied to similar thefts elsewhere. "We're not the only place victimized by
this crew," Smetana said.
journaltimes.com
Queens, NY: Videos show hundreds of schoolchildren punching and kicking each
other at a mall after rumors of a fight spread on Snapchat
 A
fight involving hundreds of teens who were scrambling to grab fake dollar bills
which they thought was real money at a Queens mall prompted police to shut down
stores while officers removed the rowdy kids from the area. The chaos at the
Queens Center in Elmhurst involved some 200 schoolchildren who descended on the
mall after being let out of class early on Friday. In the early afternoon hours,
a crush of schoolchildren gathered in the Queens Center food court after rumors
of a fight began circulating on Snapchat. Inside the mall, someone began
throwing fake dollar bills over a railing from an upper level, though it is
unclear why. Police were called to the scene at around 1pm.
abc7ny.com
Memphis, TN: Security guard allegedly helps thieves burglarize trucks he was
protecting
 A
security guard is out of the job after allegedly helping vandals steal from the
place he was supposed to protect. Police said 20-year-old Deonte Shelton
admitted to stealing hundreds of dollars of items from the trucking company he
was working for. According to court documents, surveillance footage shows
Shelton, who was the security guard at the time, on the phone describing the
truck yard at KLLM Transport Services. He can be heard telling someone which
trucks had what merchandise. Memphis Police said Shelton helped someone break
into 11 trailers and take several electronics including TVs and laptops.
Security footage also shows Shelton frequently leaving the guard shack with
gloves. He later told police the gloves were used to hide fingerprints. Shelton
also confessed that he himself stole one TV and laptop worth more than $700.
Shelton is facing 11 counts of burglary and theft. He posted his $12,000 bond
and was released.
wreg.com
Apex, NC: Target cashier, security specialist save elder from gift card scam
 "This
is a perfect example of how we should look out for each other and that NO
legitimate agency will EVER ask for gift cards," wrote the Apex Police
Department on Facebook. According to Apex police, on November 15, 2019, a Target
cashier alerted a store security specialist that a shopper was purchasing a
large number of gift cards. Nothing that unusual about that, especially close to
the holidays. But the man was a senior, and police say the security worker,
Kenneth Jeffers, was able to help him understand that he was about to be the
victim of a scam by persons who had manipulated him into thinking that he needed
to buy the cards.
It's a relatively common scam, usually undertaken by phone, in which deceivers
prey on the vulnerable, often the elderly, convincing their victims that they
need to buy large numbers of gift cards to settle a utility bill, bail for a
loved one, or in connection with a hacked account. Since gift cards are
involved, the crime leaves no trace, and victims are out of luck. An officer
bought a gift for Jeffers, to recognize his efforts in helping a vulnerable
member of the community. We'd like to thank the cashier, too.
wral.com
Stamford, CT: Man charged with Robbery in shoplifting incident at Target; pulled
a straight razor on LP
Novato, CA: Police Robot with a vape pen ends 6-hour standoff at a gas station;
man charged with attempted Arson and Vand alism
Grove City, OH: Authorities crack down on shoplifting before holiday shopping
season
Bloomfield Township, NJ: Thieves flee Target store, injure teenager
Springfield, OR: Man charged with C-Store and Taco Bell Robberies
Longmont, CO: Business owners take precautions as burglaries rise
Mexico deploys Army to secure oil facilities & stop nationwide fuel theft
Baxter County, AR: Outdoor Sports employee charged with theft of $124,000,
forging company checks
Sentencings
Mobile, AL: Man receives 147 months for Armed Robbery of 8 businesses; Waffle
House, Domino's, CEFCO and others
Beaverton, OR: Man convicted of $250K jewelry heist in 2018
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C-Store - Springfield,
OR - Armed Robbery
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Clothing - Overland
Park, KS - Robbery
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Dollar General -
Macon, GA - Armed Robbery
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Dollar General -
Youngstown, OH - Armed Robbery
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Gas Station -
Williamsburg, VA - Armed Robbery
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Grocery - Denver, CO -
Burglary
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Hotel - Macon, GA -
Armed Robbery
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Jewelry - Smyrna, TN - Robbery
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Jewelry -Downey, CA - Robbery
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Jewelry - Sevierville, TN - Robbery
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Jewelry - Yorktown heights, NY - Robbery
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Pawn - Kahului, HI -
Robbery
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Pharmacy -
Clarksville, TN - Armed Robbery
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Restaurant - Tulsa, OK
- Burglary
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Restaurant -
Springfield, OR - Robbery (Taco Bell)
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T-Mobile - Chicago, IL
- Burglary (1 of 2)
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T-Mobile - Chicago, IL
- Burglary
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7-Eleven - Bainbridge,
OH - Robbery
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7-Eleven -
Williamsburg, VA - Armed Robbery
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• 0 shootings
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Vanessa Aviles promoted to District Asset Protection Manager
for JCPenney
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Dylan Hundley
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John Flowers promoted
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