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Mike Valle, CFI, named Vice President of
Security and Safety for Shryne Group Inc.
 Prior
to being named VP of Security and Safety for Shryne Group Inc., Mike spent time
as Regional LP and Safety Manager for Legends Global, a professional sports and
entertainment company. Earlier in his career, he held regional leadership roles
with Ulta Beauty, Total Wine and More, Harbor Freight and Staples. Shryne Group
Inc. is a Los Angeles-based cannabis holding company with a fully, vertically
integrated asset and license multi-state portfolio including California, the
largest legal cannabis market in the world. Congratulations, Mike!
Gregory Bleakley, CFI,LPC promoted to Regional
Director - Asset Protection for Party City
 Gregory
has been with Party City since 2020. Before his promotion to Regional Director -
Asset Protection, he served as Regional Asset Protection Manager. Prior to Party
City, he spent 21 years with Office Depot as District Loss Prevention Manager.
Earlier in his career, he held loss prevention roles with Cole Vision, Circuit
City, Best Products, and Hills Department Stores. Congratulations, Gregory!
Christopher Sanjurjo CLSS, M.A. promoted to
Internal Control, Asset Protection & Fraud Manager for Louis Vuitton
 Christopher
has been with Louis Vuitton for more than two years, starting with the company
in 2020 as a Fraud Specialist. Before his promotion to Internal Control, Asset
Protection & Fraud Manager, he served as Fraud Team Leader. Prior to Louis
Vuitton, he served as Fraud Team Leader - US Deposits at Goldman Sachs. Earlier
in his career, he held roles with Bed Bath & Beyond, Interface Systems, and
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The U.S. Crime Surge
The Retail Impact
Macy's Sounds the Alarm Over Theft Surge
The retailer is rolling out new anti-theft measures
Major retailer’s CEO warns of rising thefts in store – see the new anti-theft
measures being taken
Retail bosses have warned of soaring thefts
in many stores, as rising costs lead more and more people to turn to crime.
 A
spate of shoplifting in major retailers such as Target and Macy's are said to
be cutting into profits already stretched by the worldwide economic
downturn. Now Macy's chief executive has revealed that
the firm will introduce a swathe of new anti-theft measures to target
the thieves.
Speaking about the surging crime figures, Macy CEO Jeff Gennette told analysts
earlier this month: "We definitely had an uptick since last year. It's an
industrywide trend." He blamed the increase partly on shoppers returning to
shopping in person after almost exclusively purchasing items online during
the Covid pandemic.
In response to rising shoplifting figures, Gennette announced that Macy's is
now using radio frequency ID tags to better track its inventory. It is also
hiring more security personnel for stores and securing high-end brands
with locked cables and censors.
Last year, President Biden signed into law the Inform Consumers Act, making
it harder for criminals to resell stolen goods online. Currently, the
Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2023 is making its way through Congress.
Macy's gave up its practice of keeping German shepherds in its Manhattan
store for security sweeps in 2015.
the-sun.com
Lowe's Anti-Theft 'Robocop' in the News
Lowe’s introduces brand new way to catch thieves with ‘dystopian’ device as
retail theft causes closures in industry
Some Lowe's locations are testing security
robots as retailers try various tactics to stop the increase of store theft.
 Lowe’s
stores across Philadelphia have implemented K5 autonomous outdoor security
robots manufactured by Knightscope, which is a security tech company based in
the Silicon Valley area of California. Four Lowe’s stores, in various
Philidelphia, Pennsylvania neighborhoods, began testing the robots in
February, The Philidelphia Inquirer reported.
Some are even being piloted in Washington state, North Carolina, California
and DC, according to the news outlet. The 5-foot-tall, egg-shaped security
robots that make a cosmic whirring sound as it glides across the pavement are
part of a pilot project to "heighten the security and
safety" of Lowe's stores.
Lowe's senior manager of corporate communications Larry
Costello said locations the company decides are good sites to test
the tech were selected "based on varying criteria and scenarios."
The robots use 16 microphones and a range of sensors, including lidar and
sonar, to detect anomalies and report them to Lowe’s central monitoring team
in real time.
Organized shoplifting increased by 26 percent, according to the most
recent National Retail Federation report. Retail expert Jeanel Alvarado, of
Retail Boss, told The U.S. Sun the situation will only get worse.
“Footfall decreased during the beginning of the pandemic, and now that things
are back open, store traffic is slowly returning back to normal, however, with
increased people entering shopping malls and retailers, and Americans bracing
themselves for an economic downturn — the threat of organized shoplifting and
theft is at an all-time high,” she said.
the-sun.com
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As COVID Fades, Theft Surges
Retail stores lock up more items behind displays as shoplifting returns to
pre-pandemic levels
You may have noticed more items locked up behind glass when you go to the store,
as stores place more and more household items under lock and key to
prevent shoplifters from making profits off of stolen merchandise.
But the new retail trend, and added inconvenience, has not gone
unnoticed. Customers hoping to buy something behind the glass must wait for an
employee to get it for them, and in some cases the item gets walked over to the
cashier to ensure its purchase.
Retail stores point to LAPD data that shows shoplifting has increased from
558 thefts from stores on average per month in 2020 and 540 in 2021, to 882 so
far in 2023. But the number of thefts in recent years is skewed because of
the pandemic.
Thefts and robberies at retail stores are 2% higher this year so far
compared to the monthly average for L.A. between 2016 and 2019.
Bruce Thomas, a law enforcement expert, said the trend to put retail items
locked behind a glass display case started before the pandemic.
"It started a couple of years ago during the pandemic, even just prior to that,"
said Thomas. "What we saw were people going into these retail establishments and
seeing them steal in large amounts. ... What they do is they sell it in a
third-party venue and so it's an organized crime."
abc7.com
Double Whammy: Crime & Inflation - A Vicious
Cycle Hitting Businesses
The perfect storm: How crime and inflation surges are hammering a decades-old
New Orleans restaurant
New Orleans crime surge is pushing customers
away from dining out in the city
he Big Easy's ongoing crime wave has scared away regulars at a local
pancake house as inflation eats into the decades-old restaurant's profits. The
one-two punch has left a co-owner worried that her business will collapse.
New Orleans has grappled with a violent crime surge since 2019, with
carjackings and homicides more than doubling in the three-year period,
according to the New Orleans City Council's crime dashboard. Inflation has also
been an ongoing problem for some business owners, with food prices increasing
11.3% compared to January last year, according to the Bureau of Labor
Statistics.
"We have lost a lot of regular customers," Murdock said. "They won't come
into the city."
Murdock said customers from outside of the city wrote on Facebook that they
stopped going to the restaurant because they were afraid of New Orleans' crime.
The restaurant co-owner attributed the violence to more anger and access to
guns among the city's youth.
One New Orleans business owner
told a local Fox affiliate in October he didn't want to live in the city
anymore due to consistent burglaries and increased rent at his restaurant.
But Murdock said she's determined to keep Betsy's afloat.
foxnews.com
The Crime Battle Rages on Between States,
Big Cities & Progressive DAs
How crime is igniting new conflicts between red states and blue cities
GOP-controlled state governments are opening
an explosive new front in their decadelong drive to exert more control over
Democratic-run cities and counties.
From Florida and Mississippi to Georgia, Texas and Missouri, an array of red
states are taking aggressive new steps to seize authority
over local prosecutors, city policing policies, or both.
These range from Georgia legislation that would establish a new statewide
commission to discipline or remove local prosecutors, to a Texas bill
allowing the state to take control of prosecuting election fraud cases, to
moves by Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and Missouri Republican Attorney
General Andrew Bailey to dismiss from office elected county prosecutors who
are Democrats, and a Mississippi bill that would allow a state takeover
of policing in the capital city of Jackson.
The growing efforts by red states to seize authority over law enforcement in
blue cities is drawing energy from the convergence of two powerful trends.
One is the increased tendency of red states to override the decisions of
those blue metros on a wide array of issues – on everything from minimum
wage and family leave laws to environmental regulations, mask requirements
during the COVID-19 pandemic, and even recycling policies for plastic bags.
The other is the intensifying political struggle over crime that has produced
an intense pushback against the demands for criminal justice reform that
emerged in the nationwide protests following the murder of George Floyd in 2020.
Many of the red state moves to preempt local district attorneys have
targeted the so-called “progressive prosecutors”
elected in many large cities over recent years.
The Republican governors and state legislators pushing these preemption
proposals mostly argue that they are necessary to combat high crime rates in
municipalities under Democratic control.
cnn.com
Biden meets with families and victims of Monterey Park mass shooting
Will lawmakers in Annapolis get tough on crime this session?
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How Facial Recognition & Other Tech is
Changing Retail for the Better
Vision AI is Taking Hold in Retail for Store Security and Analytics
 While
there is no perfect technology out there today to end theft, retailers are
meaningfully enhancing existing store systems with AI to better interpret what
they’re seeing. These smart systems can help enhance security and prevent
shoplifting occurrences by repeat offenders, as well as gather invaluable
anonymized data to inform marketing and store planning decisions.
Preventing Repeat Shoplifting
Camera systems are the base of any retailer’s in-store security and their
presence alone deters a portion of would-be shoplifters. However, for the
rest, cameras alone do little to end a shoplifting incident. Unless security
personnel are actively monitoring the individual out of all of the store cameras
as the theft is happening, shoplifters are able to exit easily and often return
to the same store to steal again.
Cameras equipped with AI facial recognition can flag a
known shoplifter anytime one enters the store. Once flagged, security
personnel can keep a closer eye on the individual or escort them out if they’re
banned from the premises.
It’s important to note that the technology cannot flag the act of shoplifting
itself, or an individual shoplifter who is not known or has not been apprehended
in the past. It simply acts as a heads-up to store security when a known
shoplifter does enter, so they can pay closer attention. With repeat offenders
accounting for 40.1% of all incidents where a suspect was identified,
AI-powered security acts as an effective first step toward reducing the impact
of repeat shoplifting.
Informing an Enhanced Store Experience
By integrating a vision AI system within a store’s existing camera network,
retailers can gain insights into what kinds of shoppers are visiting the store,
at what times, how long they’re staying, what sections they’re shopping in,
whether or not they’re making purchases and more. This data can inform
decisions to adjust store setup to streamline the movement of customers to
priority areas, reorganize product placements, influence in-store marketing or
even modify the type of music or lighting.
Industry and Consumer Readiness to Adopt
The same KPMG study found that 90% of retail business leaders believe their
employees are prepared and have the skills for AI adoption, and 53% said
COVID-19 increased their company’s pace of adoption.
retailtouchpoints.com
The Future of AI & Security
How is Artificial Intelligence Changing the Security Sector?
There is a widespread acceptance that AI is
set to have a significant impact on the physical security sector in the years to
come
 Artificial
Intelligence (AI) is reshaping the security sector. With the Security Industry
Association (SIA) citing AI as the predominant trend for a second year in a row,
there’s no doubt that new technology is transforming the way we work.
How has AI in security developed?
Whether it’s in video surveillance, access control or risk management, AI
is enabling the industry to switch its focus from reactive to proactive
operations. “Security leaders who do not embrace a digital mindset risk
becoming business irrelevant,” says Michael Foynes, Senior Director at
Microsoft Global Physical Security Operations.
For companies struggling to recruit security professionals, machine
learning that mimics human behaviour over large areas will be a relief as it
negates the need for hundreds of operatives. Crucially, combining AI with
skilled security staff means that people power can be used where it’s most
effective.
According to Microsoft and Accenture, over three-quarters (78%) of leaders
agree that the digital transformation of physical security will generate a
meaningful ROI – but only 30% deemed it urgent – suggesting that security is
lagging behind other sectors.
How is AI used in different sectors for security
purposes?
Retail: AI-driven data and analytics helped
retailers to track customer numbers during the pandemic. As well as
reducing security issues (e.g. shoplifting),
new technology is streamlining retail operations by ensuring that stock makes it
onto shelves as quickly as possible and tailoring the customer experience
in-store.
Law enforcement: Live Facial Recognition
(LFR) is being tested by some police forces. The Metropolitan Police states
that this kind of AI is “a carefully deployed overt policing tactic to help
locate a limited number of people the police need to find in order to keep
London safe.”
ifsecglobal.com
Case In Point: More AI Robots in Stores
BJ's rolls out AI-driven, inventory-tracking robots across all its locations
BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc. is streamlining shelf management activities
with artificial intelligence (AI)-based robots.
 The
membership warehouse club retailer is deploying the Simbe Robotics Tally
AI-based robotic solution across all stores. The robots will autonomously
roam store aisles multiple times per day, leveraging computer vision
technology to collect shelf data to help ensure that products are in-stock,
shelved appropriately, and accurately priced.
Equipped with real-time shelf data provided by the Tally solution, BJ’s hopes to
enable faster restocking, direct store associates to quickly locate products,
and obtain better visibility into inventory tracking. In addition, BJ’s will
review data captured by Tally robots to help monitor store conditions and the
accuracy of merchandising execution.
Wakefern, Hy-Vee, Schnucks automate shelf tracking with
robots
Wakefern Food Corp., which operates the ShopRite, Price Rite Marketplace, The
Fresh Grocer, Dearborn Market, Gourmet Garage and Fairway Market banners, is
also utilizing Simbe Robotics Tally robots. Similar to BJ’s, robots
autonomously roam store aisles of Wakefern banners up to three times per day,
leveraging computer vision technology to scan products to ensure they are
in-stock, in the correct location, and accurately priced on the sales floor.
Two other regional grocers,
Hy-Vee Inc. and
Schnuck Markets, have also deployed Simbe Robotics Tally robots in their
stores to automate the capture of on-shelf data including inventory position,
price accuracy, and promotional execution.
chainstoreage.com
DOJ Targeting Retailers Over Opioid Crisis
Walmart & Rite Aid Accused of Contributing to Opioid
Crisis
US sues Rite Aid for missing opioid red flags
 The
Justice Department on Monday filed a lawsuit against Rite Aid for
allegedly violating the Controlled Substances Act, alleging that the company
“knowingly filled unlawful prescriptions for
controlled substances.”
In a statement, Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Department of
Justice is “using every tool at our disposal” to hold Rite Aid accountable
for contributing to the opioid epidemic.
Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta said “Rite Aid’s pharmacists
repeatedly filled prescriptions for controlled substances with obvious red flags,
and Rite Aid intentionally deleted internal notes about suspicious prescribers.
These practices opened the floodgates for millions of opioid pills and other
controlled substances to flow illegally out of Rite Aid’s stores.”
In the complaint, The Justice department alleges that from May 2014 to June
2019, Rite Aid filled thousands of unlawful combinations of prescriptions known
as “the trinity” which included prescriptions for “excessive quantities of
opioids, such as oxycodone and fentanyl.”
Rite Aid pharmacists were accused of ignoring obvious signs of misuse and
intentionally deleting some pharmacists’ internal warnings about suspicious
prescribers, such as “cash only pill mill???”
Rite Aid is one of the country’s largest pharmacy chains, with more than
2,330 stores in 17 US states. It did not immediately respond to requests for
comment.
The DOJ joined a whistleblower lawsuit filed in 2019 by two pharmacists and a
pharmacy technician from Rite Aid stores in Pennsylvania, North Carolina and
West Virginia. The Justice Department occasionally joins whistleblower cases it
considers stronger.
It has also sued Walmart and drug distributor
AmerisourceBergen Corp over their alleged roles in the nation’s opioid crisis.
cnn.com
U.S. Consumer Spending Declined in February After Hot Start to Year
Retail sales fell 0.4% last month as Americans spent
less at auto dealers and restaurants
Target is closing 4 locations in Minneapolis, Philadelphia, and the DC area
The company cited declining foot traffic at the
stores, and will offer most employees positions at other locations.
J. Jill aims to grow store footprint, eventually
Five Below names COO
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AT&T, PayPal, and Microsoft: Top Phishing
Domains
Brand Names in Finance, Telecom, Tech Lead Successful Phishing Lures
AT&T, PayPal, and Microsoft top the list of
domains that victims visit following a link in a phishing email, as firms fight
to prevent fraud and credential harvesting.
Credential-seeking cyberattackers garnered the most phishing success by
impersonating the brands of telecommunications firms, financial institutions,
and popular technology companies in 2022.
 That's
according to an analysis of data collected by Internet services provider
Cloudflare, which found that Individuals most often clicked on links in
emails that appeared to come from AT&T and Verizon, PayPal
and Wells Fargo, or Microsoft and Facebook. The rankings did not
align with popularity — the Internal Revenue Service ranked No. 6 — but rather
with the size of the brand's user base and the relative opportunity to turn
compromise into cash, says Matthew Prince, CEO and co-founder of Cloudflare.
"We're seeing up and down the brand list, from the largest and most risky
down to the smallest, that phishing is not going away as a problem," Prince
says. "Email still continues to be the No. 1 entry
point for an attacker [and] phishing still continues to be the No. 1
threat for almost all of our customers."
In addition, attackers are increasingly using phishing in an attempt to steal
credentials from privileged employees and gain access to corporate networks,
he says.
Cloudflare is not the only organization to see phishing as a threat, of course.
In 2022, more than 300,000 complaints of phishing attacks flooded the FBI's
Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), slightly down from the peak in 2021
of nearly 324,000 complaints, but a
162% increase from three years ago.
The phishing problem can be more problematic on mobile devices, since
attackers are harder to spot in most mobile mail clients. In 2022, mobile
phishing encounter rates — a measure of the number of phishing attempts the
average user receives — increased roughly 10% for enterprise devices and more
than 20% for personal devices, according to mobile-device management firm
Lookout. Overall, half of mobile users faced a phishing attack at some point in
2022, the company stated in its
recent "State of Mobile Phishing in 2023" report.
darkreading.com
'Ransomware Vulnerability Warning Pilot
CISA now warns critical infrastructure of ransomware-vulnerable devices
Today, the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced
a new pilot program to help critical infrastructure entities protect their
information systems from ransomware attacks.
"Through the Ransomware Vulnerability Warning Pilot
(RVWP), which started on January 30, 2023, CISA is undertaking a new effort
to warn critical infrastructure entities that their systems have exposed
vulnerabilities that may be exploited by ransomware threat actors," the
cybersecurity agency said.
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has two goals: to scan critical infrastructure entities' networks for
Internet-exposed systems with vulnerabilities that ransomware attackers
often exploit to breach networks and help vulnerable organizations fix the
flaws before they get hacked.
This is part of a broader effort to fend off the
escalating ransomware threat that started almost two years ago after
a barrage of cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure organizations and
U.S. government agencies, starting with ransomware attacks that hit the networks
of
Colonial Pipeline,
JBS Foods, and
Kaseya.
In June 2021, the agency
released the Ransomware Readiness Assessment (RRA), a new module for its
Cyber Security Evaluation Tool (CSET). RRA helps organizations assess their
readiness to prevent and recover from ransomware attacks and can be
customized for different cybersecurity maturity levels.
Two months later, in August 2021, CISA
published guidance to help at-risk government and private sector
organizations prevent ransomware data breaches.
This list of best practices was released in response to multiple ransomware
gangs using data stolen from victims in double extortion schemes where they
threatened to leak the stolen info on their dedicated leak site, a tactic now
adopted by most ransomware operations.
Earlier that month, CISA
launched a new partnership to protect U.S. critical infrastructure from
ransomware and other cyber threats, known as the Joint Cyber Defense
Collaborative (JCDC).
bleepingcomputer.com
AI-Generated Videos Packed With Malware
Hike in AI-Created YouTube Videos Loaded With Malware
AI-generated videos pose as tutorials on how
to get cracked versions of Photoshop, Premiere Pro, and more.
Artificial Intelligence is being used to generate videos pretending to be
step-by-step tutorials on how to access programs like Photoshop, Premiere
Pro, Autodesk 3ds Max, AutoCAD, and others without a license. Instead, the
videos are loaded with infostealer malware that scrapes the viewer's sensitive
personal data stored on the device.
Researchers with CloudSEK measured a month-over-month increase of 200% to
300% since November 2022 of AI-created YouTube videos with links to
infostealer malware, including Vidar, RedLine, and Raccoon.
Making the video lures more compelling to its targets, the CloudSEK security
team added, AI video tools such as Synthesia and D-ID are being used to
generate personas intended to exude trustworthiness across multiple languages
and social media platforms, supercharging threat actors' ability to deliver
infostealer malware.
"It is well known that videos featuring humans, especially those certain facial
features, appear more familiar and trustworthy," the CloudSEK report explained.
"Hence, there has been a recent trend of videos featuring AI-generated
personas, across languages and platforms (Twitter, Youtube, Instagram),
providing recruitment details, educational training, promotional material, etc.
And threat actors have also now adopted this tactic."
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updates: Strategic Objectives & RCC Retail Secure
 Retail
Council of Canada's (RCC) LP Advisory Committee is focused on working
together as an industry and collaborating with police, courts and government
agencies to identify solutions to the ever-growing retail crime in Canada and
especially the increase of violence and Organized Retail Crime in retail. To
ensure a focused approach, the Advisory has identified three (3) Strategic
Priorities:
1) Increase of workplace violence, arson, and property
crime
2) Collaboration with Police, Justice, and government
3) Organized Retail Crime
To ensure continued commitment, the LP Advisory Committee initiated a National
LP Taskforce to bring together police agencies, criminal justice branches,
government agencies, and other community-based programs to work with retail
organizations on these top priorities. The goal is to have the right
stakeholders at the table and explore opportunities and recommendations that
have been raised and initiate proof of concepts and pilots to test the
recommendations.
Out of the Objectives the Taskforce is focusing on these Top Priorities to
support the overall Objectives:
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Establishing a Retail Theft Unit inside Police Agencies. Dedicated police
officers to retail crime.
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Organized Retail Crime (ORC). Create a national strategy and identify police
contacts within each major city to form an ORC committee with retail ORC
specialists.
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National Retail Incident Reporting Platform. Identify the appropriate
stakeholders to establish and approve the usage of one common platform for
reporting incidents.
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Retail Roundup/Blitzes. Build a strategy and communication plan for retail
blitzes.
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Victim Impact Statement/Community Impact Statement. Formalize the process for
victim/community impact statements and recruit a representative from the
criminal justice branch to meet with the group and provide input to composing an
effective statement.
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Retail Crime Report. Identify a partner to support an annual retail crime report
and build survey questions and methodology with key stakeholders.
 Retail Businesses should attend the Retail Secure Conference on March 21,
2023 at the Toronto International Centre to network with other Retail Loss
Prevention experts, industry suppliers, security and law enforcement
professionals and explore actionable systems and explore forward thinking retail
solutions.
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Canada's Fraud Prevention Month
Record Fraud Losses Hit Canada
Fraud Prevention Month 2023: Fraud losses in Canada reach another historic level
In the past decade, technology has completely transformed the criminal
landscape, making fraud easier to commit, more widespread, and more
sophisticated than ever before.
In 2022, the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre received fraud and cybercrime reports
totalling a staggering $530 million in victim losses. Nearly a 40% increase
from the unprecedented $380 million in losses in 2021. Unfortunately, the
increase in financial loss isn't tied to an increase in reporting—the Canadian
Anti-Fraud Centre estimates that only 5 to 10% of people report fraud.
The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and the
Competition Bureau are once again joining forces this March to lead the 19th
edition of Fraud Prevention Month. Under the theme "Tricks of the trade:
What's in a fraudster's toolbox?", this year's campaign will expose fraudsters'
tricks, tools and tactics, to help Canadians equip their own toolbox to protect
themselves.
While law enforcement agencies and
members of the Fraud Prevention Forum are committed to strategically
collaborating and dedicating resources to preventing and combatting fraud,
Canadian consumers and businesses also have a huge role to play to help stop
fraudsters. Education and awareness are the strongest line of defence against
scams and fraud.
This March, join the conversation using #FPM2023 to find and share
information to recognize, reject and report fraud. Follow us on social media and
spread the word far and wide:
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Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre
Twitter and
Facebook
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RCMP Twitter
and Facebook
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Competition Bureau
Twitter and
Facebook
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43% of Canadians Have Fallen Victim to Fraud
Canadians are exposed to fraud each year. Here's how businesses can help
Many Canadians are subjected to fraud and scams each year, and to coincide with
Fraud Awareness Month in March, CTVNews.ca takes a look at some of the
red flags for individuals and businesses. A survey by Ipsos shows many Canadians
are falling victim to fraud, the most common being credit card fraud,
email/phishing scams and debit card fraud.
The online survey, commissioned by Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada,
a national organization representing accountants, found 43 per cent of
surveyed Canadians have fallen victim to at least one type of fraud. Ipsos
surveyed 2,005 Canadians 18 years or older between Jan. 3 to 5 this year.
These findings are a concern to Douglas Kalesnikoff, associate professor at the
Edwards School of Business at the University of Saskatchewan, who said if
businesses are able to recognize the red flags and prevent fraud can help lower
the risk for all Canadians
What are Preventative Measures
Kalesnikoff says a whistleblower hotline, where other employees can report
suspicious activity, is helpful. However, to prevent employees from wanting
to commit fraud, Kalesnikoff says it has to be instilled within the ethics of
the company.
"For example, let's say that they (the company) puts a lot of pressure on
their salespeople to make certain sales targets," he said.
What could happen in this scenario is employees could "cut corners or give
false representations to customers," Kalesnikoff said. "An organization has
to be careful as to what sort of compensation plans or what motivations that
they are supplying to the employees," he added.
More businesses in Canada have been subjected to ransomware attacks,
like Indigo Books & Music Inc., where hackers
attempt to obtain money or personal information from customers or employees.
As technology becomes more sophisticated, Kalesnikoff says companies should
be investing money and energy to prevent such cyberattacks.
ctvnews.ca
March is Fraud Prevention Month
RCC's Fraud Prevention Resource Page
Fraud in Canada has, sadly, reached a new
peak.
In 2022,
the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC) received fraud and cybercrime reports
totaling a staggering $530 million in victim losses – nearly a 40% increase
from the unprecedented $380 million in losses in 2021. That’s why RCC has
produced the following resource page for this March, Fraud Prevention Month.
retailcouncil.org
Theft Plagues the Canadian Cannabis Industry
Canadian producers report 2,200 kilograms of lost or stolen cannabis since 2018
An increasing amount of cannabis grown by licensed Canadian producers has
been lost or stolen over the past five years, new data shared with
MJBizDaily shows.
Separate
data provided by Health Canada, the department responsible for federal health
policy, also revealed that thousands of instances of theft have been reported
to various levels of police.
However, the sum of the missing products – including 2,219 kilograms (4,870
pounds) of dried cannabis – is a small fraction relative to the amount of
marijuana produced in Canada since recreational sales begin in 2018, which
is more than 4.5 million kilograms.
In addition to the missing cannabis measured in kilograms, Health Canada also
said more than 1,300 “units” and almost 200 “liters” of cannabis are
unaccounted for.
A growing overall amount of lost or stolen cannabis could partly stem from an
increasing amount of products being shipped around the country, according to
one expert in the area of marijuana industry security.
“These incidents are becoming greater (in volume) but not more frequent,”
said David Hyde, CEO of Hyde Advisory & Investments in Toronto. “So the
frequency, if anything, is probably down or maybe flat,” he said. “But the
volume, the amount of cannabis that’s going missing, in my view, most of it
is going missing in transit.
A Health Canada spokesperson told MJBizDaily via email that the agency is aware
of 4,398 instances of lost or stolen cannabis that were reported to police
services between 2018 and 2022.
mjbizdaily.com
Fallout From Nordstrom's Canada Exit
Nordstrom’s exit marks farewell to a retail era
The news that Nordstrom Inc. was leaving Canada — and most notably its flagship
location in Toronto’s Eaton Centre — was not just farewell to a retail giant
but adieu as well to a vestige of the 19th and 20th centuries.
 The
decision by Nordstrom, which launched in Canada in 2014, that it would
close all 13 stores, costing about 2,500 jobs, was the latest death
rattle from a retailing genre that made a huge social and cultural impact
over a century or so.
The concept of “department stores” was born in the mid-19th century and
hit a golden age in the first half of the 20th, multi-storied palaces of
consumption offering just about any merchandise a shopper might desire.
The Bay, Hudson’s in Detroit, Macy’s, Marshall Field’s all became symbols
of plenty, of order and stability, of aspiration to, first, necessities, then —
if life proceeded in the expected order— luxuries.
We wish Cadillac Fairview well in the bid to remake the space Nordstrom will
vacate. It may well become something special. The possibilities range from the
practical, breaking up the vast space into smaller retail and good outlets,
to the fanciful, like moving the controversial spa theme park proposed for
Ontario Place to this downtown location.
But it seems certain we know what it won’t be, another retail giant offering
fashion, appliances, home furnishings, housewares, a food hall and a
cafeteria, for when the feet get tired and the stomach rumbles, all sprawling
over multiple floors.
thestar.com
Canadian Grocers in the Hot Seat
'It is simply not true': Grocery CEOs push back at price-gouging allegations
Heads of Loblaw, Metro and Empire foods
appear in parliamentary committee probing food inflation
The heads of Canada's biggest grocery chains pushed back at allegations they are
profiteering from high inflation on Wednesday, telling lawmakers that they
aren't the cause of high food prices — and claiming their profit margins are
as razor thin as ever.
"We are not profiting from inflation, it doesn't matter how many times you
say it ... it is simply not true," said Michael Medline, the CEO of
Empire Foods, which owns Sobeys, FreshCo, Farm Boy, Foodland and other
chains.
Medline was speaking to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food,
which is probing the causes of food inflation, which has skyrocketed to
its highest level in decades.
cbc.ca
Mall landlords might have to get creative to fill Nordstrom vacancies: expert
Nordstrom’s largest Canadian landlord, Cadillac
Fairview, has yet to outline specific plans for departing chain’s spaces
Canadian Tire pledges half of its sponsorship spend to women’s sports
Biden to visit Canada this month to discuss defense, trade
5 Robberies - 46 Charges
Man facing 46 charges in connection with string of armed robberies in Halifax
alifax police have laid 46 charges against a man in connection with five
robberies that occurred in the city in January and February. Police said the
charges stem from a series of robberies that occurred between Jan. 24 and
Feb. 19. The incidents include a robbery at the Smoke Shop on Windsor Street
on Jan. 24, a similar incident at another Smoke Shop on Barrington Street on
Jan. 28 and an incident at Boyd's Pharmacy on Agricola Street on Jan. 31. Then,
on Feb. 8, police said a man robbed Lawtons Drugs on Spring Garden Road, and on
Feb. 15, a man robbed the Royal Bank branch on Spring Garden Road. In each
incident, police said a man entered the business and threatened staff with a
gun before fleeing area, in most cases with a quantity of cash.
saltwire.com
Suspect wanted after robbery at Toronto store, business owner assaulted: police
Toronto police say they are looking for a man who they allege robbed a store
and punched a store clerk in the face. Police said that last Friday, just
after midnight, a robbery was reported near Queen Street East and Carlaw Avenue.
Investigators said the victim was closing a business when the suspect walked
in, picking several items off a shelf. The worker tried to stop the suspect
and told him to pay for the items. “The suspect then punched the victim in the
face causing the victim to fall,” police said. The suspect then fled the area,
police said.
globalnews.ca
Woman allegedly steals electric tools worth $1,500 from Windsor hardware store
Police seek suspect after convenience store robbery in Oshawa, Ont
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The Online Counterfeit Boom
How Beauty Brands Can Combat Counterfeit Cosmetic Scams
 Encapsulating
fragrance, makeup, skin and hair care, the cosmetics industry is one of the most
successful markets in the world, with its value
projected to reach $758.4 billion by 2025. Despite the economic
downturn, the industry managed to grow by over 15% in 2022, with sales in the
United States prestige beauty sector reaching $27.1 billion.
Until the pandemic, the beauty industry was one of the few sectors where
in-person sales significantly outnumbered those made online, but this
has begun to shift with new technologies, such as artificial intelligence
and augmented reality, being deployed to make it easier to purchase products
online. Now consumers can "test" products
via smart apps.
However, this rapid shift online comes with a major drawback. As more
consumers purchase goods on the internet, a world of new opportunities has
opened up for criminals selling fake versions of "hero" products in a bid to
profit from the industry’s success.
The Rise Of Counterfeit Cosmetics
Counterfeiting impacts all industries with fraudsters banking on the success of
well-known brands and products to make cheap imitations and con unsuspecting
consumers. In the cosmetics industry, what appear to be best-selling products
from trusted brands can be advertised on online marketplaces, like Alibaba,
Ebay and Amazon. Appearing, online at least, to be identical to the genuine
article, buying a fake can be an easy mistake to make. When it arrives,
it may even smell similar or perhaps slightly "off," which could be chalked up
to issues of transport. However, these inferior, illegal copies can have a
serious impact on the health and safety of the consumer because there are no
guarantee that the ingredients used in production comply with the cosmetic
industry’s stringent regulatory requirements on safety.
How To Help Protect Your Consumers
Cosmetics brands should also make customers aware of fakes by communicating
regularly with them on where genuine goods can be purchased, and, when
necessary, alerting them to fake products and the different types of
risks they present. It is also important to educate consumers regularly on how
to identify a fake. It’s often difficult to distinguish genuine goods from fakes
online but super low prices are often the first warning sign.
forbes.com
Using AI To Transform Retail Operations
How Retail Can Leverage Generative AI To Transform Business
As generative AI evolves into an even bigger, more sophisticated technology, it
can transform how retail operates. Following are six ways brands and
retailers can leverage generative AI to improve efficiency, build and automate
processes, and understand their consumers and their stakeholders better.
1. Get Personalized Product Recommendations
Generative AI can analyze customer data and generate personalized product
recommendations and offers for individual shoppers by curating custom journeys,
offering personalized discounts based on historical data and creating content
that resonates with them. This can help retailers increase sales and customer
loyalty.
2. Manage Inventory Levels And Optimize Supply Chains
Generative AI can help analyze sales data and make recommendations for inventory
management. AI can also help retailers forecast trends by analyzing
historical data, consumer sentiment and competitive data to predict trends
and make informed ordering and manufacturing decisions, helping optimize supply
chain and delivery.
3. Optimize Product Page Descriptions And Images
Generative AI can be used to create, optimize and improve product page
descriptions and copies in a heartbeat with little human intervention. It
can be leveraged to improve rankings of product listings, add SEO keywords that
help rank on SERP, create and optimize images for PDP and curate product
descriptions designed to resonate with shoppers.
4. Monitor And Optimize Prices
5. Build Customer Service Chatbots
6. Detect Fraudulent Activities
forbes.com
U.S. online grocery sales up 1.5% in February; order frequency falls
Amazon, Rivian in Talks to End Exclusivity Part of Delivery-Van Pact
H&M launches online U.S. resale offering |
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Las Vegas, NV: Man accused of stealing $11K in tools from Lowe’s over 6 weeks
 A
Las Vegas man is facing charges after he allegedly stole numerous welders and
other items totaling more than $11,000 over a period of six weeks and then sold
them for a profit. Adam Gilliland, 35, was arrested on March 9 during a vehicle
stop after police spotted a pickup truck, recently spray painted with a
mismatched license plate. The day before the arrest, Las Vegas Metropolitan
police had released images from a surveillance camera of two suspects in a
string of thefts at home improvement stores. One of those suspects is now
identified as Gilliland. According to the arrest report, Gilliland targeted
Lowe’s home improvement stores at least nine times from Dec. 26, 2022, through
Feb. 14, 2023, to steal items to resell them. The report said he stole 9
welders, 2 tools and batteries, 1 generator, and a pressure washer as well as
some other items. He used the same technique during most of the thefts.
Gilliland would ask a sales associate to unlock a security case and take out an
expensive tool for him to purchase and he would put it in his cart and head
toward the cashier with the sales associate accompanying him. However, when he
got to the cashier, he would run with the cart out of the store and put the
stolen item in a white pickup truck, and drive off, the report stated. At
one store, “The associate attempts to confront Gilliland when Gilliland stated,
“do not try to stop me” and reaches into his pocket as if to grab a weapon,
according to the report.
8newsnow.com
Oak Brook, IL: 2 women charged with stealing nearly $1K in merchandise from Old
Navy in Oak Brook
Jara Tramble, 28, and Ashley Washington, 29, have each been charged with
burglary and retail theft, according to the DuPage County state's attorney's
office. Oak Brook police responded to a call of a retail theft around 2 p.m.
Friday at the Old Navy store at 2155 22nd Street, prosecutors said. Two people,
later identified as Tramble and Washington, allegedly entered the store and
removed security sensors from various pieces of merchandise, according to
prosecutors. Prosecutors said the pair left the store with about $910 worth of
merchandise. Officers later located both women at a nearby store where they were
taken into custody.
fox32chicago.com
Auckland, New Zealand: Handbags worth thousands stolen from Auckland shop
Handbags worth thousands of dollars have been stolen from a central Auckland
store on Tuesday, after two men smashed their way in with a sledgehammer. Saben,
a handbag and accessory store on Ponsonby Rd, was the site of the early morning
raid. Saben’s Rosie Holt said the company’s founder and owner, Roanne Jacobson,
was alerted to the break in when the alarm triggered just after 2.30am. Jacobson
checked the cameras and saw two men had put a sledgehammer through the glass in
the door, and were collecting handfuls of handbags, Holt said. They were still
going through what had been taken, but thousands of dollars worth of stock had
been stolen. Saben handbags cost between $130 and $700.
stuff.co.nz
Lancaster County, PA: Lancaster police seeking suspects after $5,000 worth of
merchandise stolen from Target
The Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department is investigating the
alleged theft of nearly $5,000 worth of goods from the Target located in Warwick
Township. According to police, multiple suspects allegedly selected and
concealed items within children’s clothing at a Target located in Warwick
Township. The suspects then left the store.
abc27.com
Evansville, IN: Man pinned down by customer after trying to steal from Rural
King
A man being charged with stealing from an Evansville store was reportedly pinned
down by a customer while officers were on their way to the scene, according to a
police report. Officers with the Evansville Police Department were called to
investigate a theft at the Rural King on Morgan Avenue around 8:30 p.m. Monday.
Dispatchers told responding officers that a customer had reportedly pinned an
accused thief armed with a handheld taser on the ground. When officers
arrived, they say they found the man in custody with a deputy. They say multiple
witnesses told them the man left the store with an arm load of items. Officers
say they talked to the suspect, Jeffrey Canary, who denied stealing anything
from the business. EPD says Canary was in possession of three Carhartt
containers that were taken from the store. They say he also had numerous piles
of clothes stacked and stored behind a nearby dumpster. The police report says
that management from Rural King listed items taken from the store, which
included things like a wallet and various jackets and clothing. EPD says the
merchandise totaled about $1,200.
wevv.com
Wichita Falls, TX: C-Store burglarized 2nd time in months, loss of nearly
$12,000 in cigarettes
Arnold, MO: Walmart thief’s two-month self-checkout scam caught by cops after he
stole $426.13 over 17 shopping trips
Somerset Township, PA: $800 in merchandise stolen from adult store in Washington
County
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Shootings & Deaths
Indianapolis, IN: Update: Arrest Warrant Issued For Suspect In Castleton Square
Mall Shooting
A court issued an arrest warrant Tuesday for an Indianapolis man criminally
charged in an early January shooting outside Castleton Square Mall. Michael
Mason Jr., 16, died and a man, who has not been identified by Indianapolis
police, were hurt in the shooting after 7:30 p.m. Jan. 3 at Castleton Square
Mall. The shooting was at the south entrance of the mall next to Forever 21 and
H&M. Marion Superior Court 29 issued a warrant for Clyde Michael Johnson of
Indianapolis. A special prosecutor out of Madison County is seeking Johnson on
charges of voluntary manslaughter, aggravated battery, and battery by means of a
deadly weapon.
wibc.com
Robberies,
Incidents & Thefts
New York, NY: Greenwich Village pharmacy puts alleged shoplifters' photos on
display in window
 Elm
Pharmacy and Wellness in Greenwich Village is taking a bold stand against
alleged shoplifters. The business, located on 7th Avenue, has photos of alleged
shoplifters with the word "thief" on it, a stark contrast to the mellow and
organic vibes within. But Ken, the owner, told FOX 5 New York that the posters
are a way of letting the sticky-fingered suspects know their actions are being
recorded on multiple video surveillance cameras, and that they are not welcome
inside. "Just trying something different, hoping that it makes people think
twice before they walk in here, and maybe they'll think, 'Oh, maybe I don't want
my picture in the window.' That's really the thinking behind it," Ken said. The
shoplifting concerns are part of a growing trend in the city. A New York Post
analysis of New York City Police Department data found that shoplifting
complaints during 2022 were up by 45% over 2021. The NYPD made more than 22,000
arrests last year, but due to current laws, many of those arrested were quickly
released back on the streets to do it again. Shoppers have had enough, too.
fox5ny.com
Philadelphia,
PA: Suspects armed with ax try to chop open ATM in Eastwick c-store robbery
 Two men were caught yielding an ax and a gun in an attempt to rob a convenience
store in Philadelphia's Eastwick section last week. Police say the suspects
demanded money from an employee at the Maranatha Grocery Store on West Passyunk
Avenue. Video captured one suspect holding the employee at gunpoint as the other
carried a wooden box with an ax inside.
fox29.com
Cicero, NY: Police arrest 13-year-old who allegedly stole from Walmart carrying
a gun
 The
Town Cicero Police Department has arrested a 13-year-old after he allegedly
brought a gun into the Cicero Walmart and stole merchandise. On Monday, March
13, at 10:25 p.m., Cicero Police were dispatched to the Cicero Walmart located
at 8064 Brewerton Road on a larceny in progress 911 call. Once police arrived
they found and detained three suspects after they left the store with stolen
property. Police then conducted a search and found an unholstered loaded .357
revolver inside the jacket pocket of the 13-year-old boy. The 13-year-old boy
was charged with 1 count of Petit Larceny, and 1 count of Criminal Possession of
a Firearm a class E felony. The two other kids, who allegedly stole with the
13-year-old boy, were charged with 1 count of Petit Larceny.
localsyr.com
Fort Lauderdale, FL: Man ordered to serve 400 years for 1989 armed robbery in
Broward goes free
 An
armed robbery suspect who served over 30 years of a 400-year prison sentence
walked out of prison Monday afternoon as a free man. Sidney Holmes, 57, left
prison after state prosecutors launched a review of his conviction and the
circumstances that led to his arrest and conviction. Holmes was greeted by his
family as he walked out. He said the first thing he wants to do is get something
to eat. "We have one rule here at the Broward State Attorney's Office - do the
right thing, always," Broward State Attorney Harold F. Pryor said in a written
statement about the case. "Our Conviction Review Unit is dedicated to seeking
the truth and reviewing plausible claims of innocence from people who have
exhausted all of their rights to appeal and have nowhere left to turn. We review
each case with an open mind, with no preconceptions, and we follow the evidence
wherever it goes." Holmes contacted the Broward State Attorney's Office
Conviction Review Unit in November 2020 in which he asserted his innocent of the
June 19, 1988 armed robbery, according to a written statement by the state
attorney's office.
During the incident, a man and woman were robbed outside the One Stop store, on
NW 6th Street, the statement said. Holmes was arrested on Oct. 6, 1988 and
convicted after a jury trial the following April and sentenced in May, officials
said. According to the statement, Holmes was found guilty of being the driver
for two unidentified men who robbed the pair at gunpoint outside the store, and
stealing the man's car. Prosecutors determined that Holmes had a "plausible
claim of innocence" because of how he became a suspect and because of the
precarious eyewitness identification that was the principal evidence against him
at trial. Eyewitness identification of Holmes was "likely a
misidentification" partly due to the photo and live lineup practices commonly
used by law enforcement at the time. The identification of Holmes was
scientifically unreliable and contrary to modern-day best practices in several
ways.
cbsnews.com
Cape Girardeau County, MO: Man sentenced to federal prison for Cape Girardeau
Co. gun store burglary
A Cairo man was sentenced to 3.5 years in federal prison for a Cape Girardeau
County gun store burglary. Chayce Harrell, 21, was sentenced Tuesday, March 14
for his role in the 2020 burglary. He was ordered to pay $1,700 in restitution.
Harrell pleaded guilty in December to aiding and abetting the theft of guns from
a federally licensed dealer. According to the plea agreement, Harrell and two
accomplices broke into a business in Cape Girardeau County known as JSE Surplus
in the early morning hours of August 7, 2020. After breaking into the building,
investigators say the group began gathering multiple guns to steal. However, the
owner of the business was staying upstairs to keep watch on the property due to
several recent reports of gun store burglaries in the area. The owner went
downstairs and opened fire at the burglars with a shotgun. The three escaped
unharmed, but dropped all but two guns as they left. According to court
documents, Harrell was identified as a suspect nearly two years later as part of
the ongoing investigation.
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Haverhill, MA: Man Pleads Guilty to Leading Effort to Steal Identities and
Fraudulently Buy Cars
A 39-year-old Haverhill man pleaded guilty Monday to using the stolen
identities of U.S. citizens from Puerto Rico to fraudulently purchase
vehicles and other merchandise and open and use bank and credit card accounts.
The U.S. Attorney’s office in Boston described Alvin Rivera as the “leader of a
conspiracy in Massachusetts that used stolen identity information of United
States citizens to obtain credit and goods.” Rivera pleaded guilty to conspiracy
to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and false
representation of a Social Security number. He pleaded guilty to similar schemes
in two cases, one in Massachusetts and another in New Jersey. Many of the
vehicles were exported out of the country. U.S. District Court Judge Patti
B. Saris scheduled sentencing in both cases for June 15.
whav.net
Bucks County, PA: Police stepping up checks after credit card skimmers found on
gas pumps in Bucks County
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– Somerset Township, PA – Robbery
• AutoZone
– New Orleans, LA – Armed Robbery
• Baby
– Downers Grove, IL- Robbery
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C-Store- Philadelphia, PA - Armed Robbery
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C-Store – Rochester, MN – Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Olympia, WA – Armed Robbery
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C-Store – Lebanon, PA
– Armed Robbery
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C-Store – Lincoln, NE
– Robbery
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C-Store – Lake Isabella, CA – Burglary
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C-Store - Wichita Falls, TX – Burglary
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Clothing – Evansville, IN – Robbery
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Clothing - Oak Brook, IL – Robbery
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Dollar – Houston, TX – Robbery
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Dollar – New Orleans,
LA – Armed Robbery
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Grocery – Seguin, TX –
Robbery
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Jewelry - Charlotte, NC – Robbery
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Jewelry – Aurora, CO - Burglary
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Jewelry – Mount Pleasant, SC – Burglary
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Liquor – Calhoun
County, FL – Armed Robbery
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Pawn – Aberdeen, NJ – Burglary
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Pawn – Round Lake, TX
– Armed Robbery
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Restaurant- Glendale,
WI – Burglary
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Shoes – Kansas City,
MO – Burglary
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Target – Lancaster County, PA – Robbery
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Tobacco – Alexandria, VA – Burglary
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Walgreens – Eugene, OR
– Armed Robbery
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Walmart – Denton, TX –
Robbery
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Walmart – Monroe County, NY – Burglary
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Walmart – Cicero, NY – Armed Robbery
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• 20 robberies
• 9 burglaries
• 0 shootings
• 0 killed |
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