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Matt Roseberry named Manager, Global
Security Operations Center for Chipotle Mexican Grill
Before joining Chipotle as Manager, Global Security Operations Center,
Matt spent more than seven years with L Brands as Asset Protection
Campus Manager for nearly four years and Loss Prevention/Safety Services
Supervisor for more than three years. Earlier in his career, he served
as Loss Prevention Manager for Sears for six years and Corporate Office
& Distribution Center Loss Prevention Manager for Value City Department
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Liz Vulin named Asset Protection Physical Security Project Manager for
Bloomingdale's
Before joining Bloomingdale's as Asset Protection Physical Security
Project Manager, Liz spent more than six years at Coach. With Coach, she
served as Asset Protection Manager (Regional Northeast US & Canada) for
five years and Asset Protection Auditor for nearly a year and a half.
She earned her Bachelor's Degree in Health Sciences & Business
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Zebra Technologies Wins Two Awards
Zebra Technologies Voted Top Software Vendor by Retailers
in 2021 RIS Software LeaderBoard
 Zebra
Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: ZBRA), an innovator at the edge of the
enterprise with solutions and partners that empower businesses to gain a
performance edge, today announced the company was voted a
top software vendor across 17 categories
in Retail Information Systems (RIS)
2021 Software
LeaderBoard. This includes sixth-best overall in the prestigious Top 20
category. This is Zebra Technologies' second consecutive year featured in the LeaderBoard. The company ranks in the Top 10 in many categories including total
cost of operation, quality of support, quality of service and technology
innovation. It is currently ranked sixth overall - maintaining its standing from
last year - out of hundreds of software vendors.
Read More Here
Zebra Wins IoT Innovator Award for Innovation
in Retail & Customer Experiences
Zebra Technologies Corporation today announced that Compass Intelligence
recognized its
SmartSight intelligent automation solution with an IoT Retail & Customer
Experiences Innovator Award. The Retail & Customer Experiences category
evaluated solutions that support industry innovation, advancements in processes
or operations specific to retail services, customer experience enhancements,
transaction automation, innovative buying experiences, and other retail
advancements. SmartSight is the retail industry's first subscription-based
robotics solution that turns data into corrective actions for mass merchants,
grocers, and supermarkets/hypermarkets.
Read More Here
Securitas Makes Second Purchase
Securitas Acquires FE Moran Security Solutions for $83M
FE Moran will become part of Securitas Electronic Security (SES), further
strengthening the integrator's North American presence.
Securitas AB has acquired FE Moran Security Solutions, a super-regional alarm
monitoring and electronic security systems integration company based in
Champaign, Ill., for approximately $83.5 million (MSEK 695).
The acquisition increases Securitas' density and offerings in the United States'
Midwest region and is aligned with the company's ambition to double the size of
its security solutions and electronic security business, according to an
announcement.
securitysales.com
Sept. 29, 2020: Securitas Acquires STANLEY Security Businesses in
Europe, Asia for $64M
Securitas announces it is acquiring STANLEY Security's electronic security
businesses in Germany, Portugal, Switzerland, Singapore and India.
The acquisition is said to be aligned with
Securitas' ambition to double the size of its security solutions and electronic
security business
and expands Securitas' electronic security footprint and capabilities. The
purchase price is estimated to be $64 million.
The business has approximately 580 employees operating in five countries through
20 branch offices out of which 11 are located in Germany.
securitysales.com
COVID Update
US: Over 17.4M Cases - 315K Dead - 10.1M Recovered
Worldwide:
Over 74.9M Cases - 1.6M Dead - 52.6M Recovered
Private Industry Security Guard Deaths:
247
Law Enforcement Officer Deaths:
164
*Red indicates change in total
deaths
EEOC Issues COVID-19 Vaccination Guidance
Update 12-16 : U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and
Other EEO Laws
Technical Assistance Questions and Answers -
Updated on Dec. 16, 2020
As COVID-19 vaccines become available, many employers are asking if they can
require employees to get vaccinated, and what they can do if workers refuse. The
Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) weighed in today with new guidance
that answers some workplace vaccination questions.
Employers may encourage or possibly require COVID-19 vaccinations, but
policies must comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Title VII
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and other workplace laws, according to the EEOC.
●
All EEOC materials related to COVID-19 are collected at
www.eeoc.gov/coronavirus.
eeoc.gov
Excluding Non-Vaccinated Employees
Disability & Religious Exemptions Don't Apply
Employers can require proof of COVID-19 vaccination - with some exceptions, EEOC
says
Employers can require proof that employees have received a COVID-19 vaccine -
with some exceptions, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
said in
Dec. 16 guidance.
COVID-19 vaccinations approved by the Food and Drug Administration do not
constitute medical examinations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA),
EEOC said, but certain inquiries could implicate the ADA's rules on
disability-related inquiries. Employers requiring vaccination or proof of
vaccination must show that such inquiries are job related and consistent with
business necessity.
hrdive.com
Editor's Note: This is the first time we've seen the needs (health) of
the many outweigh the needs of the few. Interesting footnote in U.S. history.
And bound to be used in the future in some court room for something totally
unrelated but possibly applicable.
Clues Mandatory Vaccines Would Pass Muster At High Court
In 1905, the
U.S.
Supreme Court upheld the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts' mandated smallpox
vaccinations in Jacobson v. Massachusetts, proclaiming:
There are manifold restraints to which every person is necessarily subject
for the common good.
Over the 100-plus years since, courts have confirmed and reconfirmed states'
authority to require vaccinations in the name of public health - even in the
face of First Amendment challenges.
law360.com
Free Mask Compliance App
MaskCheck Powered by SAFR from RealNetworks
RealNetworks introduces MaskCheck™, a free face mask compliance app, service,
and data platform to help communities operate and reopen safely
 RealNetworks,
a leader in groundbreaking digital media software and services, unveiled
MaskCheck powered by SAFR, a free face mask compliance app, service and data
platform to help communities, businesses and public health officials
safely operate and reopen by encouraging and assessing face mask compliance.
MaskCheck is an especially powerful tool to keep government officials instantly
up-to-date with unbiased and real-time mask usage data as many states institute
and enforce mask mandates to curb the spread of COVID-19.
"We've had a MaskCheck kiosk installed at the entrance
to our store in downtown Washington DC for over a month now," said
Sid Dilawri, Owner of Modern Liquors and Master Distiller of Filibuster
Distillery. "And though DC residents are pretty good about wearing masks, the
MaskCheck app is a cool and engaging interactive reminder to our
customers to wear face masks properly, and we feel good that our data gets
shared with DC's Health Department to help them analyze mask compliance."
To accelerate MaskCheck's market adoption and usage, RealNetworks partnered
with the COVID-19
International Research Team, a highly-regarded global community of
scientists driving research into COVID-19 using a large consortium open science
model to efficiently and rapidly improve our understanding of COVID-19.
realnetworks.com
This video shows how MaskCheck works:
https://bit.ly/AboutMaskCheck
More information can be found at:
freemaskcheck.com.
US sets single-day record in COVID-19 cases, deaths, hospitalizations
The US on Wednesday broke daily records for new coronavirus cases, deaths and
hospitalizations, according to reports.
More than 247,000 new cases of the global pandemic were reported in the country,
with a record high of more than 3,600 Americans dying from the deadly virus,
CNN reported.
There are now in excess of 113,000 people hospitalized with the virus in the
country.
The number brings the US total of coronavirus cases to 17 million with more than
307,000 deaths since the outbreak of the virus,
according to
Johns Hopkins University.
nypost.com
Minn. Infection Rate Drops 35% in 5 Weeks
Masks - Social Distancing - Shutdown Working
Minnesota health authorities credit pandemic decline to compliance
Mask-wearing, social distancing and a
four-week order that closed restaurants and discouraged group gatherings.
Daily infection numbers were already dropping before the four-week pause, but
Gov. Tim Walz said that the order helped maintain that trend and buy Minnesota
time until a COVID-19 vaccine can be broadly distributed. The pause that we
took three weeks ago has made a difference," Walz said on Tuesday.
The daily COVID-19 new infection rate, based on a seven-day rolling average,
peaked at 124 per 100,000 residents on Nov. 11 and declined to 119 on Nov.
20 when the order took effect, according to the state's pandemic dashboard.
The rate has now dropped below 80 - Down 35%. Hoping that COVID-19 death numbers
in Minnesota will follow the trend of infections and hospitalizations and
start to decline as well.
Because, Wednesday's total makes the past week the deadliest in the pandemic
for Minnesota. The state reported 466 COVID-19 deaths in the seven-day
period ending Wednesday.
386,412 Minnesotans have tested positive since the start and 4,575 have died
from the infectious disease.
startribune.com
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to loosen COVID restrictions on bars, gyms, youth sports
Saturday @Midnight
Indoor restaurants and bars will stay shut down, but fitness clubs and
other venues will reopen
"Hospitals are under siege & our model shows
no end in sight."
Already 'under siege,' hospitals in L.A. County brace for far worse conditions
in coming weeks
There are nearly 1,000 people with COVID-19 in L.A. County's intensive care
units as of Tuesday; worst-case forecasts say that by early January, there could
be between 1,600 to 3,600 COVID-19 patients in need of ICU beds. There are only
2,500 licensed ICU beds in L.A. County.
Hospitals in L.A. County are filling up as never before. For much of
September and October, about 100 patients a day with COVID-19 were being newly
admitted into hospitals in L.A. County daily. Just before, Thanksgiving,
nearly 300 new patients a day were being admitted.
latimes.com
Controlling & Managing Your PPE
Tools for planning and preserving PPE resources at your enterprise
A number of agencies have come out with toolkits and tips to help enterprises
and other organizations plan for and ration their personal protective equipment
(PPE) supplies. The use and need for PPE among enterprises, organizations and
individuals around the world will only continue for the foreseeable future and
planning and estimating supplies is a valuable metric organizations can use to
plan for the future.
The Department of Health and Human Services' Healthcare Resilience Working
Group released a
toolkit to help organizations implement Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
preservation strategies to help prevent or mitigate PPE shortages during the
pandemic. This
tool is meant for planning purposes so that organizations can estimate
the impact of implementation of their preservation strategies on PPE burn rate
and supply longevity.
Other related tools include the
NIOSH PPE
Tracker App, the
CDC Burn Rate Calculator, and the
EMS PPE Supply Estimator. These tools were developed for security and
enterprise leaders to estimate burn or use rate of their PPE based on historical
usage or on use practices for PPE supplies. According to the Department of
Health and Human Services' Healthcare Resilience Working Group, these tools can
be used complementarily with the PPE Preservation Planning Toolkit for
estimation and planning purposes.
securitymagazine.com
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Security Bag Check Suits Continue
Walgreens to settle California Security Bag Check Suit for $4.5M
A California judge has signed off on a $4.5 million settlement in a 2018
lawsuit alleging that Walgreen's failed to pay non-exempt workers at a
distribution center for time spent in pre- and post-shift security checks,
rounded down time on employees' timecards and failed to pay premium wages to
employees who were denied rest breaks required by California law (Lucas
Meija, et al. v. Walgreen Co, et al., No.19-cv-00218 (E.D. Calif. Nov.
24, 2020)).
About 2,600 workers will split the net settlement amount of $2.8 million.
Each individual participant will receive an estimated $1,200.
Several employers have been taken to court over their bag check policies in
California, where wage and hour requirements are more stringent than federal
law. In September 2020, for example, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals ruled that Apple retail employees
must be paid for time spent in bag searches. Dick's Sporting Goods
paid out nearly $3 million to a class of almost 11,000 current and
former employees in California who said they were required to undergo
off-the-clock security checks. In other instances,
lawsuits by workers for Nike and Converse were allowed to move forward.
Some employers have been successful in arguing that time spent in mandatory
bag checks is so small as to be negligible for pay purposes. Converse was
granted summary judgment by a California court in a class-action
mandatory bag-check lawsuit. The employer argued that the off-the-clock time
required for the inspections was de minimis and, as a result, not compensable.
While the plaintiffs claimed they waited more than two minutes in some cases,
Converse was able to show that the bag inspections lasted less than 10 seconds
on average.
hrdive.com
Home Depot to Pay $20,750,000 Penalty for Nationwide Failure to Follow Rules for
Conducting Renovations Involving Lead Paint
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice
today announced a proposed nationwide settlement with Home Depot U.S.A. Inc.
resolving alleged violations of the EPA's Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP)
Rule at home renovations performed by Home Depot's contractors across the
country. The States of Utah, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, which have
EPA-authorized RRP programs, are joining the United States in this action.
justice.gov
More than 150 Million Plan to Shop on Super Saturday
 More
than 150 million U.S. consumers plan to shop on Super Saturday this year, up
slightly from 147.8 million in 2019, according to the annual survey released
today by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics.
The number of anticipated shoppers on the last Saturday before Christmas
includes both in-store and online and is the second-highest reported since NRF
began tracking this figure in 2016. Of those planning to shop, 42 percent intend
to do so solely online. Last year Super Saturday occurred just a few days before
Christmas, while this year it falls nearly a week before the Christmas holiday,
giving shoppers a few extra days to complete purchases.
nrf.com
No Surprise Here - Q1 2021 Casualties?
Department Store & Apparel Retailers Lose Big in November as Online Soars
Retail sales rose 10.3% year over year in November for the cohort tracked by
Retail Dive, using
monthly results from the U.S. Department of Commerce. The pandemic continues
to influence not only how much, but also how, when and where consumers spend,
creating winners and losers among sectors.
E-commerce did indeed soar again in November, rising 32.4% year over year,
the second highest increase after June.
Sporting goods retailers experienced a hefty 18.4% rise from last year,
and home goods sales (up 0.7%) and general merchandise sales (up 1.1%) also
enjoyed year-over-year bumps.
Other retailers were not so lucky. Electronics sales tumbled 10.2%, for example.
And department stores, which saw sales plummet 19.1%, and apparel retailers,
with sales down an even worse 19.9%, were badly broadsided.
"Consumers are still spending, and many retailers are still winning as a
result," Saunders said. "However, it is also clear that polarization is
increasing and the holidays are providing little respite for the laggards.
If this trend continues, there will inevitably be more retail casualties
as we move into 2021."
retaildive.com
Evolution of the Retail Store - It Will Change
the Lay Out
5 ways the coronavirus pandemic is reshaping the future of retail stores
Curbside pickup, mini warehouses in stock rooms, and more space for handling
in-store returns are just a few of the components that more retailers will be
looking to make permanent in their shops.
In coming years, retailers that want to survive and thrive in this new era of
commerce should rethink their store layouts and make features like curbside
pickup permanent, to meet shoppers' changing needs, according to a report
released Thursday from CBRE, a commercial real estate services firm.
"There's a sort of misconception that e-commerce growth means the end of the
store, that e-commerce essentially eliminates the need for the store, both for
retailers and for customers," said Melina Cordero, a leader of CBRE's retail
capital markets business for the Americas. "And the reality is, it doesn't."
"What we want to do is give more clarity about what really is going on, and how
e-commerce impacts the store and transforms it, as opposed to replace it," she
said.
cnbc.com
Here are five ways retail stores are changing, for good, according to CBRE:
Rue21 to open 15 new stores
Quarterly Results
Rite Aid Q3 Retail Pharmacy comp's up 4.3%, pharmacy sales up 6.1%, front-end
sales down 0.7%, revenue up 5%, total company sales up 12%
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Retailer Fined For Storing & Recording
Employee Conversations
H&M fined 35 million euros for GDPR violation
The Hamburg Data Protection Authority issued their largest fine ever under
the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for employee-related offenses.
A fine of more than €35 million was levied against Hennes and Mauritz AB (H&M),
a Swedish clothing company.
H&M recorded and stored gigabytes of recorded one-on-one conversations with
employees. The details provided in those conversations were used in
decisions regarding the employees. The Hamburg Data Protection Authority
found that the personal details revealed, the recording and storage of those
details, the fact that multiple managers had access to the data, and that the
data were used to make work-related decisions violated the GDPR and
infringed on employees' civil rights.
Hamburg's commissioner for data protection and freedom of information: This case
documents a serious disregard for employee data protection at the H&M site in
Nuremberg. The amount of the fine imposed is therefore adequate and
effective to deter companies from violating the privacy of their employees.
Management's efforts to compensate those affected on site and to restore
confidence in the company as an employer have to be seen expressly positively.
jcsupra.com
FireEye Identifies Killswitch for SolarWinds Malware as Victims Scramble to
Respond
White House National Security Council establishes unified group to coordinate
response across federal agencies to the threat.
FireEye, which last Sunday
disclosed a compromise at network management software vendor SolarWinds that
allowed an unknown attacker to distribute malware to potentially thousands of
organizations, has identified a killswitch that it says would prevent the
malware from operating on infected networks.
darkreading.com
Record Setting US-Cert Alerts in 2020
US-CERT Reports 17,447 Vulnerabilities Recorded in 2020
This marks the fourth year in a row that a record number of vulnerabilities
has been discovered, following 17,306 in 2019.
On Dec. 15, 2020, officials
reported 4,168 high-severity vulnerabilities, 10,710 medium-severity
vulnerabilities, and 2,569 low-severity vulnerabilities this year. In 2019,
there were 17,306 flaws published: 4,337 high-severity, 10,956 medium-severity,
and 2,013 low-severity vulnerabilities.
The continuous increase raises a question: Are developers pushing more
unsecured code, or are white-hat hackers getting better at finding
vulnerabilities? Given the current climate and the growing popularity of bug
bounty programs, experts suggest both factors could be at play.
"Hackers are finding bugs with greater impact, and communicating them to
affected organizations with greater accuracy," founder and CTO Casey Ellis wrote
in a
blog post.
darkreading.com
For the Investigators Out There
The FBI's Dark Web & Cryptocurrency Efforts
U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General
Audit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Strategy and Efforts to Disrupt
Illegal Dark Web Activities
 We
found that the FBI does not maintain an FBI-wide dark web strategy. Instead,
the FBI relies on its operational units to execute individual dark web
investigative strategies. We concluded that this decentralized effort could be
enhanced by establishing a coordinated FBI-wide dark web approach, that
would, among other things, help ensure clarity on investigative responsibilities
among operational units, lead to more efficient and cost effective approaches to
investigative tool development and acquisition, provide strategic continuity
during periods of turnover, and provide baseline data collection guidelines that
will enable the FBI to better report its dark web accomplishments.
Additionally, the FBI should complete an FBI-wide cryptocurrency support
strategy in concert with its development of an FBI-wide dark web approach.
Moreover, the FBI should ensure proper entry of dark web investigative data into
the Department's existing investigation deconfliction system.
Our report contains five recommendations to assist the FBI in improving its
investigative and planning efforts related to the dark web. justice.gov
Editor's Note: No dark web strategy and no cryptocurrency strategy.
Not surprising given their rather full plates. Given the terrorism, protests,
riots, rising gun violence and murder rates and cybercrime skyrocketing. It's
easy, as we all know, to have an external consultant come in, audit the
operations and point out the obvious weaknesses, given budgets, priorities,
turnover and staffing issues and the fact that just finding the staff to drive
these two efforts will be a challenge. But they are right. We need strategies to
fight and manage these two areas. Great read by the way.
Threatening Violence & Selling Data -
Extortion Escalates
FBI says DoppelPaymer ransomware gang is harassing victims who refuse to pay
FBI says ransomware group has been calling
victims, threatening to send individuals to their homes if they don't pay the
ransom.
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US Federal Bureau of Investigations says it is aware of incidents where the
DoppelPaymer ransomware gang has resorted to cold-calling companies in order to
intimidate and coerce victims into paying ransom demands.
The FBI PIN alert, sent on December 10, confirms a
ZDNet report from December 5 that detailed similar cold-calling tactics used
by four other ransomware groups: Sekhmet (now defunct), Maze (now
defunct), Conti, and Ryuk.
But while our reporting tracked down phone threats made by ransomware groups to
September this year, the FBI says this tactic was actually first seen with the
DoppelPaymer gang months before.
The agency then goes on to detail one particular incident where threats
escalated from the attacked company to its employees and even relatives.
Threats of violence, as in this case, are usually empty. On the other hand,
threats to release or sell the data are not.
zdnet.com
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Cannabis Security
How video surveillance can keep an eye on your supply
Implementation of video management software can not only protect cannabis
assets and personnel but also interact with both seed-to-sale software and
environmental sensors
 Cannabis
operators are facing increasing security threats ranging from armed robbery,
and break-ins to cyber breaches and employee theft. No matter what level of
the supply-chain these operators fill (and often the same company holds licenses
in multiple sectors), investment in video security is not only vital to
the safety of the operation but plays a key role in applying for and maintaining
a state license.
Security Technology in Canna
Technology is available that allows intrusion, fire, access control and
video to be managed by one software application to give you video verification
on your overall security environment.
Extending your Video Security Investment
Cannabis operators are finding that the investment in security which is a
requirement for licensing can be extended without additional equipment costs
to include proactive measures to protect employees and products. A trend for
distribution and dispensary operators is to re-purpose the video surveillance
infrastructure into live monitoring by third-party specialty companies without
disrupting the end-users' day-to-day access to the cameras.
Extending your Video Security investment: Track and
Trace
There are two major components to most state-mandated compliance programs
regardless of which sector of the market operators focus on. The first, which we
have covered extensively above, is security by design with a focus on video
coverage, resolution, frames per second, and the number of days of retention.
The other major component to state-mandated compliance programs is what is known
as Track-and-Trace. This type of regulation is interested in tracking the
plant from the moment it is closed until it is sold into the market to the end
consumer.
Extending your Video Security investment: Environmental
Sensors
securityinfowatch.com
Legal to Possess - Illegal to Grow
New Jersey Legalizes Marijuana, But Growing At Home Is Still A Felony
 New
Jersey is set to become the only state in the U.S. where adults can legally
use, possess, and purchase cannabis while still risking prison for growing
marijuana at home-under any circumstances.
On Election Day, more than two thirds of voters in the state approved a
constitutional amendment that legalized cannabis for adults 21 and over in the
state. However, Public Question No. 1 did not establish key rules like
possession limits, and did not specify who would be allowed to cultivate and
sell commercial cannabis in stores-or how citizens were supposed to access
cannabis, at all.
The only legal cannabis in the state will be cannabis grown at a state-licensed
cultivation facility. That also means that "legalization" will mean
stiff criminal penalties for home cannabis growers,
a development that angers and frustrates cannabis advocates-who nonetheless are
supporting the bill.
forbes.com
Legalization Sweeping the U.S.
Nationwide, more states are voting to allow recreational cannabis
At the federal level, for the first time, the Democrat-controlled House
approved a bill to decriminalize and
 tax
marijuana. The bill would remove marijuana, or cannabis, from the list of
federally controlled substances while allowing states to set their own rules on
pot. The bill also would provide for the expungement of federal marijuana
convictions and arrests.
At the state level, four states voted to allow recreational cannabis this
year - including neighboring South Dakota, where voters approved separate
proposals to legalize both medical and recreational marijuana. Here in Nebraska,
that's prompted a renewed push to draft a constitutional ballot initiative to
legalize cannabis for adult use. Officials with Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana
said the group would be introducing ballot language in January for "full adult
use" of marijuana, including medical and recreational use.
norfolkdailynews.com
44-year-old employee killed during North Portland dispensary robbery
A Portland man was shot and killed Monday during a robbery at the marijuana
dispensary where he worked, police said. Michael Arthur, 44, was working at
Cured Green, on North Lombard Street and Washburne Avenue, when police
were called to a report of a shooting at the business around 10 p.m.
When officers arrived, they found Arthur had been shot. Police did not specify
whether Arthur died at the scene or at the hospital. Police also did not
disclose any other details about the circumstances, or whether they've
identified any suspects.
oregonlive.com
Marijuana milestone: more than 100 dispensaries open in Pennsylvania
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38 States Say Google Monopolizes Internet Search
Case follows monthslong probe into search
business by Colorado, Nebraska, New York and other states
A coalition of 38 states filed an antitrust suit against Alphabet Inc.'s GOOG
-1.02% Google unit, alleging it maintained monopoly power over the
internet-search market through anticompetitive contracts and conduct.
The suit was the third recent government antitrust action against Google,
following a Wednesday complaint from other states focused on Google's digital
advertising empire and an Oct. 20 Justice Department suit also targeting its
search business.
Taken together, they represent a bipartisan broadside against one of America's
most successful companies, accusing it of unlawfully gaining and abusing
monopoly power.
wsj.com
Editor's Note: In Europe, the EU is confronting the tech giants and
now in the U.S. 38 states are confronting Google while Congress continues to
grill the whole crew of tech giants. Their day has come. But the issue is it's a
fight that will never end.
Amazon High Volume Seller Fresh N Clear Charged in $6M Postage Stamp Fraud
Two New Jersey men were charged with theft of government property and
fraudulently altering United States Postal Service (USPS) postage stamps, U.S.
Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today. Jack Koch a/k/a/ "Ismail Yilmaz,"44,
of Elmwood Park, New Jersey, and Steven Koch, a/k/a "Selim Memis," 43, of
Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, are each charged by complaint with one count of theft
of government funds and one count of postage stamp fraud.
Jack Koch and Stephen Koch, owners of a high volume e-commerce Amazon seller,
Fresh N Clear LLC (Fresh N Clear), altered postage labels in a manner
designed to benefit their business, causing losses in revenue to USPS in
excess of $6 million.
Between January 2020 and September 2020, the Kochs caused Fresh N Clear to
purchase 240,471 USPS Priority Mail postage labels - almost all for Flat Rate
Envelopes. They altered the postage labels in order to send large household
items that would not ordinarily fit into a Flat Rate Envelope (such as cases of
bottled water, laundry detergent, and cases of soda) at the discounted flat rate
Theft of government property carries a maximum penalty of 10 years; postage
stamp fraud carries a maximum of five years. Both offenses also carry a maximum
fine $250,000.
justice.gov
E-Commerce Skimming is the New POS Malware
Supporting data from
IBM Security X-Force shows a drop in POS malware use, an increase in
e-commerce card skimming and a general cyber criminal exodus from the POS
malware scene. And, with more shoppers opting for online sales this year - a
development some analysts
expect will persist beyond the pandemic - these trends are likely to
accelerate.
 E-commerce
Threats on the Rise
X-Force data indicates incidents involving e-commerce threats have increased
nearly 400% since 2018. Some of these incidents have involved attacks from a
collection of groups called Magecart, where threat actors inject malicious
JavaScript code into e-commerce checkout pages, sending payment card data
directly to the attackers. Other incidents have included SQL injection to
exfiltrate data from externally hosted e-commerce servers or the creation of
fake subdomains to commit fraud on e-commerce websites.
Rising E-commerce Skimming Sophistication
As attackers focus additional energy on e-commerce card-skimming operations,
their tactics have become increasingly sophisticated.
One example is online card skimmers that inject malicious JavaScript code into
e-commerce checkout pages, which have evolved to incorporate anti-forensic
techniques, such as self-removal, to make detection and analysis of the
malicious code more difficult. In other cases, attackers have used forms of
steganography to hide malicious code in images on the compromised site, as
well as the stolen payment card data while exfiltrating it from compromised
websites.
As e-commerce is
set to explode this holiday season, card skimming continues to be
increasingly profitable and threat actors are likely to continually adapt and
improve their techniques.
securityintelligence.com
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Snapshots From NRF's 2020 ORC Report
What's
Fueling ORC Increases?
See full report here
Pawn Shop Hired Boosters & Sold $1.5M of
Stolen Goods Outside NY State on eBay
Rochester Man Pleads Guilty For His Role In Pawn Shop Conspiracy
 Wade
Shadders, 23, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge
Charles J. Siragusa to conspiracy to transport stolen goods in interstate
commerce. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison, a
fine of $250,000.
Between October 2018 and November 2019, the defendant was an employee at
Royal Crown Pawn & Jewelry on Dewey Avenue in Rochester, which is owned by
co-defendant Devin Tribunella. As part of the conspiracy, Tribunella and
Shadders engaged persons they knew were shoplifting (commonly referred to as
"boosters"). They routinely advised the boosters what goods to steal from
retail stores located in the Rochester area, including
Home Depot, Lowes, Target, Walmart, and Wegmans. Once the items were
stolen, the boosters would sell the stolen, new in-box items to Tribunella and
Shadders at the Royal Crown pawn shop, for a fraction of retail value.
Tribunella and Shadders then listed the stolen goods for sale on eBay
using accounts registered to or controlled by Tribunella. The goods were
advertised as "New" or "New-In-Box" and priced below retail value, but well in
excess of the money Tribunella and Shadders had paid to the boosters for the
stolen goods. Throughout Shadder's involvement in the conspiracy, Tribunella and
Shadders purchased millions of dollars' worth of stolen goods from boosters,
knowing such goods had in fact been stolen. Between April and November 2019, the
two defendants sold and shipped approximately $1,561,000 worth of those
stolen goods to buyers located outside of the State of New York.
Sentencing is scheduled for March 22, 2021, before Judge Siragusa.
justice.gov
Nationwide CC Fraud Ring of 7 - 2 Get Fed.
Prison
Two Women Sentenced In Credit Card Fraud Conspiracy Case
KEYIRA GABLE, age 33, of Harvey, gets 61 months and BRITTANY WHITE,
age 34, of New Orleans, got 37 months on Nov. 12., for their
participation in a years-long credit card fraud conspiracy.
GABLE and WHITE were the second and third defendants to be sentenced in this
seven-defendant conspiracy case. According to court documents, GABLE, WHITE,
and their co-conspirators engaged in a scheme to obtain merchandise and cash
from stores through fraud. The defendants obtained stolen credit and
debit card information, encoded it onto cards, and then used that
information to purchase items at stores. The defendants would then return the
items at a different store of the same chain, but they would deceive store
workers in order to have the chargeback credited to their own bank accounts.
Federal agents were able to determine that members of this conspiracy
took flights around the country to execute the scheme, including Oregon, South
Carolina, Illinois, Tennessee, Missouri, and Florida.
justice.gov
Missouri Woman Fourth Person Sentenced for Nationwide Fraud Scheme
Heather Bishop, 31, Lee's Summit, Missouri was sentenced today by U.S. District
Judge William M. Conley to 30 months in federal prison for conspiring
with Crystal Austin, Shelly Scott, Jason Edge, and others to commit wire fraud
throughout the country. Bishop was ordered to pay restitution to Walmart,
Inc., in an amount to be determined after a hearing on January 11, 2021.
Between February 2017 and March 2018, Bishop, Austin, Scott, Edge and others
conspired to defraud Walmart, Inc. through use of stolen personal checks,
identity fraud, and methods to bypass electronic check authorization measures,
resulting in a loss of over $860,000 to Walmart. The group used stolen
identification cards of real people to perpetuate this fraud in 18 states,
using more than 14 different stolen checking accounts.
Scott and Edge were arrested by Monona Police on February 25, 2018 and
were sentenced to 48 months in federal prison in November 2018 after
pleading guilty for their roles in this fraud scheme. Crystal Austin pleaded
guilty to the conspiracy and was sentenced to 65 months in prison in
September 2020.
justice.gov
Repeat Offender Gets 10 Extra Months
Judge sentences St. Louis man for aggravated identify theft
ST. LOUIS, MO - United States District Judge sentenced Tyrelle Phillips to 24
months in prison today. The 29-year-old St. Louis, Missouri resident pleaded
guilty to one count of aggravated identify theft.
Because Phillips was serving a three-year term of federal supervision after
completing a 39-month term of imprisonment for engaging in similar conduct in
2014, he was also sentenced to an additional ten months of incarceration
after Judge Clark revoked his earlier term of supervised release. In total,
Phillips was ordered to serve a total of 34 months incarceration.
Richmond Heights Police also identified Phillips using a counterfeit card
embedded with the account of another person to buy merchandise, food and gift
cards from various merchants throughout the St. Louis Metropolitan area.
Between March 7, 2019 and March 11, 2019, the actual fraud losses through the
other person's credit card exceeded $1,500. And used another counterfeit
card to buy electronic equipment valued at $1,275.64 from the Microsoft
Store.
justice.gov
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Shoplifters raid Dover Best Buy's Apple display to the tune of $12k
Five suspects stole $12,000 in Apple products from a Best Buy display
Tuesday afternoon, Dover Police announced Wednesday. According to
authorities, five males entered the big box electronics store at 1165
North DuPont Highway around 4:20 p.m. on December 15, 2020. They
approached the Apple product display, and began detaching security locks
and cables, then fleeing.
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Macon, GA: 'This was an organized, experienced group': 5 people indicted in
Burglary ring after nearly 60 break-ins
 A
grand jury voted to indict five people that prosecutors say are responsible for
a Macon burglary spree spanning December of 2019 to April of this year. District
Attorney David Cooke says they were all part of a burglary ring, responsible for
nearly 60 break-ins. Fanboy Collectibles and Comic, is just one of 49 businesses
the alleged burglary ring broke into. Huffman says they took cash and the cash
register, but they also took some of the most valuable items in the store --
graded comic books. Huffman estimates they took around 20 of those comic books,
valued between $3,000 and $4,000 all together, she says.
Video surveillance captured the break in beginning to end. Huffman says it was
obvious the thieves had scouted out the store before. According to the
indictment, the crew went on a burglary spree between December 2019 and April of
this year, hitting restaurants, gas stations, retail shops, a car wash and a
doctor's office. As soon as the alleged ring were arrested this spring, Sheriff
David Davis says commercial burglaries dropped by roughly 30 percent.
13wmaz.com
Marietta, GA: Pawn shop busted for selling stolen goods
 Marietta
police busted a pawn shop and arrested two people accused of buying and selling
hundreds of stolen items. The Marietta Police Department says their
investigation into Pawn World on the 900 block of Roswell Street has been
ongoing for the last six months after tips from the public. Over 100 stolen
items have been identified and recovered by those retailers, with values in
excess of $15,000, according to investigators. Officials say during the store
inventory investigators identified numerous items were still sealed in their
original packaging. The items recovered included electronics, power tools of all
types and assorted sporting goods.
fox5atlanta.com
 Nacogdoches,
TX: Two people charged after a $250,000 Jewelry store Burglary on Thanksgiving
weekend
Daniel Brooks, 39 and Savannah McLaughlin, 27 were both arrested after a
burglary at Rees Jewelry in Nacogdoches. Rees Jewelry store caught the theft on
surveillance video on November 27th. Nacogdoches police received a tip that the
two suspects were in Lufkin and Lufkin police located and arrested them on
December 10th. More than $2500 worth of items were taken during the burglary.
Sales associate Piper Adkins tells us that most of the stolen items have now
been recovered.
ktre.com
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Shootings & Deaths
Mount Dora, FL: New surveillance video shows gunman inside Mount Dora store
moments before deadly shooting
Mount Dora police released surveillance video Tuesday in the search for the
gunman in a convenience store shooting that left a couple dead earlier this
month. Interim Chief Brett Meade said the decision to release the new footage
from inside T&N Market was hard because one of the victims is heard in distress
but investigators hope someone recognizes the gunman.
clickorlando.com
Los Angeles, CA: 1 dead after shooting in Baldwin Hills Target parking lot
A victim died Wednesday after a shooting in a Baldwin Hills parking lot,
officials said. The incident occurred around 3:20 p.m. in the 3500 block of
South La Cienega Boulevard, in the parking lot of a Target store, said Officer
Tony Im of the Los Angeles Police Department. Police say the shooter walked up
to a car in the lot and fired at the two people sitting inside, striking the
passenger.
ktla.com
Arapahoe County, CO: Suspect in Thanksgiving Day shooting death of Centennial
store clerk is identified
A man suspected in the shooting death of a Centennial store clerk on
Thanksgiving Day has been identified. His girlfriend tipped off investigators in
the case. Samuel Birch, 31, was arrested on Friday as the suspect in the
shooting at a Circle K, 8263 S. Quebec St., according to the Arapahoe County
Sheriff's Office. Investigators released surveillance photos Dec. 9 of the
robbery and homicide suspect, and that information generated tips, the sheriff's
office said. Birch is suspected of shooting the clerk, Mauricio Omar Perez, 24,
once in the stomach with a long-barreled revolver, according to an arrest
affidavit. Birch ordered a carton of cigarettes, pulled out the handgun and
demanded money from the register. Perez complied, putting the cigarettes and the
money in a plastic bag handing it to the armed robber. Birch said "thank you"
then shot the victim. The gunman fled the store on foot.
denverpost.com
Columbus, OH: 19-year-old killed in parking lot shooting of an Eastside C-store
Sacramento, CA: Man dies after shootout outside Liquor Store; suspect arrested
New York, NY: Grocery Store Worker Killed By Illegal Freight Elevator In Hell's
Kitchen
Robberies, Incidents & Thefts
Portland, ME: Man with Chainsaw steals McDonald's meal, chases Manager in
parking lot
 On
Tuesday around 3:30 p.m., a man in Portland, Maine was arrested after multiple
911 calls reported that a man was chasing people with a chainsaw at McDonald's.
Responding officers found the man at a nearby inn and he was arrested without
further incident. Police say that the man, identified as 26-year-old Alice
Sweet, walked behind the counter and revved the chainsaw at employees who were
preparing food. He then stole a drink and some food. Investigators say Sweet
chased the McDonald's manager when confronted in the parking lot. Sweet also
allegedly damaged two vehicles in the parking lot with the chainsaw.
wjbf.com
State police search multiple locations; seize drugs, $800K, guns, watches
 On
Dec. 9 the Michigan State Police's Metro Narcotics Enforcement Team (MNET)
wrapped up a four month long investigation that involved serving eight search
warrants in Dearborn, Lincoln Park, Inkster and Garden City. MNET arrested a
36-year-old Dearborn man and a 42-year-old Inkster woman as part of the
investigation. Detectives also seized over $800,000 in cash and over 36,000
illegal prescription pills. Four luxury cars, $300,000 in watches and nine guns
were also seized. The MSP said the two suspects are believed to be major
suppliers of illegal prescription drugs in Metro Detroit. As part of this
investigation a warehouse was located which contained a marijuana grow operation
in excess of 100 plants.
pressandguide.com
San Diego, CA: Authorities investigate string of robberies involving group armed
with hammers
Dayton, OH: Man sentenced to 19 years in prison for Armed Robberies of 5
Cellphone and retail stores
Counterfeit
 Woodlands,
TX: Authorities seize $32K in counterfeit merchandise at The Woodlands Mall
Authorities are investigating a store at The Woodlands Mall after seizing
hundreds of counterfeit luxury fashion brand merchandise items. Montgomery
County Sheriff's detectives identified and seized $32,000 in knockoffs of
high-end brands, including Burberry, Chanel, Louis Vuitton and Gucci, that were
being sold out of a business at The Woodlands Mall. The tip came through on Dec.
1 about the business potentially selling these counterfeit items, according to
the sheriff's office.
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Best Buy - Dover, DE -
Robbery
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C-Store - Pueblo, CO -
Armed Robbery
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C-Store - San Diego,
CA - Armed Robbery
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C-Store - San Diego,
CA - Armed Robbery (2 of 3)
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Clothing - Florence,
SC - Robbery
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Dollar General -
Wichita, KS - Robbery
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Eyewear - Little Rock,
AR - Robbery
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Gas Station - Newport
News, VA - Robbery
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Jewelry - Nacogdoches,
TX - Burglary
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Pawn Shop - Hammond,
IN - Robbery
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Restaurant - Logan, UT
- Armed Robbery
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Restaurant - Fort
Myers, FL - Armed Robbery
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Restaurant - Portland,
ME - Armed Robbery (McDonalds)
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Restaurant - Eagle
Pass. TX - Armed Robbery (Wingstop)
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Restaurant - Portland,
OR - Burglary
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Sporting Goods -
Bloomington, IL - Burglary
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Tobacco - Ventura, CA
- Robbery
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7-Eleven - Mira Mesa,
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Alex Flores, CFI named Regional Loss Prevention Manager for
Amazon Logistics |
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Martina Bullard, CFI named Area Asset Protection Manager for Belk |
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Mike Martha promoted to Regional Loss Prevention Manager for Amazon |
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Oksana Montvydiene promoted to Regional Manager of Global Corporate
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Raleigh, NC
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of 60 retail stores to ensure compliance to operational standards to drive
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Whether it's competition between companies or between executives, it has a
tendency to bring out the best in most people and in most organizations. It
leads to innovation, invention, growth and it instills a sense of competition in
everything we do that tends to motivate and challenge people to reach beyond
their own self-definitions of what they can do or can't do. Without it,
progress, which is slow to begin with, would be stifled but, with it, you have
inspiration and purpose. The whole key is how you compete in the open market,
whether as a company or as an executive, reflecting professional standards and a
code of ethics is critical even when your competition isn't. The #1 rule should
always be never speak ill of the competition because in actuality it's more of a
reflection of who you are and not who they are.
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