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Jessica McGowin, CFI promoted to Senior Investigator for Macy’s
Jessica has been with Macy's for nearly three years, starting with the company in 2017 as Manager of Operations and Asset Protection. Before her promotion to Senior Investigator, she spent two years with the company as District Manager of Investigations. Prior to her time at Macy's, she spent more than three years at Sears in multiple LP/AP roles. Earlier in her career, she spent time with Target and Lowe's. Congratulations, Jessica!

Luke Moeller, LPC promoted to Corporate Asset Protection and Safety Manager for Lowe’s Companies
Luke has been with Lowe's for 13 years, starting with the company in 2007 as a Loss Prevention Manager. Before his promotion to Corporate Asset Protection and Safety Manager, he spent over a year as Asset Protection, Operation and Safety Business Lead. He has also served as Corporate Safety Manager, Fire Safety Specialist and Area LP & Safety Manager with Lowe's. Earlier in his career, he held an LP role with Best Buy. Congratulations, Luke!


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GLPS 'Where Are They Now?' Series

Find Your Old Friend & Colleagues
Where Have They Gone?
Take a Look Down Memory Lane
1st Correct Answer Becomes Eligible to Win a Pizza Party!

Can you name these two teams?

  
Team Pictures Submitted in January & March 2016

Here's some hints:

Pic #5 (top): Talk about a loyal group. Some of these exec’s played around at that company forever and a day. Hey more power to them!

Pic #6 (bottom): This team went thru new owners and were quite the authority in one retail sector. Only to reach the fate of losing the game like so many others.


Rules: 1st person to name all team members in a picture gets entered into the drawing. Once we reach 10 correct answers, we'll pick one winner for a GLPS team pizza party with drinks - delivered to your door by Domino's. All parties must be for retail LP or AP teams. Submit your answers here.

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Coronavirus Update: April 30

US: Nearly 1.1 Million Cases - 62K Dead - 148K Recovered
Worldwide: Over 3.2 Million Cases - 230K Dead - 1M Recovered

U.S. Law Enforcement Deaths | NYPD Deaths: 37
Private Industry Security Guard Deaths: 82+

 



What will retail look like if half of department stores close?
Many department stores and malls were struggling well before most Americans became familiar with the term coronavirus. A new report, however, says that the situation is in the process of going from bad to worse with a dire forecast for both retailers and landlords.

More than 50 percent of department stores in malls across the country will be shuttered by the end of next year, according to a recent Green Street Advisors webinar. Around 60 percent of U.S. malls currently have department store anchors.

“A lot of the disruption we were expecting to see over the next five to 10 years, is being pulled forward to the next two years,” said Vince Tibone, senior analyst, retail at the commercial real estate advisory firm.

Department store operators with high debt levels (Neiman Marcus and J.C. Penney) are most frequently mentioned as candidates for bankruptcy, while even those typically considered to be in stronger financial positions (Macy’s and Nordstrom) are struggling in the face of mass store closures.

One of the possible “knock-ons” that Mr. Tibone sees from anchor stores closing is that it will trigger co-tenancy clauses in lease deals with other retailers operating in malls. These provide non-anchor tenants with rent relief or a lease opt-out in the case of anchor space going unfilled for an extended period of time. retailwire.com

Bleak Forecast From Forrester:
It will take 4 years for retail to recover from COVID-19
Global retail sales to fall 9.6% in 2020

Global retail sales will fall by an average of 9.6% in 2020 because of the coronavirus crisis, representing a loss of $2.1 trillion, research firm Forrester said on Thursday, predicting that it will take four years to recover to pre-pandemic levels.

“Retail categories like grocery and essential consumables are performing well, while other categories like fashion, beauty and cosmetics are seeing a marked decline in consumer spend,” said Forrester analyst Michael O’Grady.

Forrester predicted that non-grocery sales from stores will fall 20% in 2020, for a loss of $360 billion from the company’s pre-coronavirus forecasts for growth, with online sales remaining flat.

The crisis will speed the shift to e-commerce, it said. By 2024 Forrester expects a third of non-grocery spending to be online and grocery retailing to have more than doubled its online share. reuters.com
 



Trump administration blacklists 5 overseas Amazon websites
as 'notorious markets' - and Amazon says it's political bullying

Amazon touts its $500M, 8,000 employee investment in anti-counterfeit measures

The Trump administration has added
five of Amazon's overseas domains to a "notorious markets" register, in what's become a fraught few months for the tech giant. The US trade representative's office says the websites – serving the UK, Germany, France, India, and Canada – facilitate the sale of counterfeit and pirated products.

It says it received complaints from US businesses that the five overseas websites didn't provide clear information about sellers, and that the process to remove platforms selling counterfeit goods was "lengthy and burdensome."

The notorious markets register is a list of markets that are reported to "engage in or facilitate substantial trademark counterfeiting and copyright piracy." It includes both physical markets, such as malls or open-air stalls, as well as online platforms such as Amazon.

Though the notorious markets register does not bestow legal consequences on Amazon, it does draw negative attention to the company at a time when it's already under scrutiny for its handling of the COVID-19 crisis.

An Amazon spokesperson told Business Insider that the blacklisting was a
"political act" driven by "a personal vendetta against Amazon."

Amazon and its CEO Jeff Bezos have repeatedly clashed with Trump and his administration. Bezos owns The Washington Post, and Trump has often baselessly claimed that the newspaper is a lobbying tool for the online retail giant. Amazon is also suing the government after the Pentagon handed a $10 billion defense contract to Microsoft, claiming the decision was motivated by Trump's bias against the company and Bezos.

It also
described itself as an "active, engaged stakeholder in the fight against counterfeit."

"In 2019 alone, we invested over $500 million and have more than 8,000 employees protecting our store from fraud and abuse. We also stopped over 2.5 million suspected bad actors from opening Amazon selling accounts before they published a single listing for sale, blocking more than 6 billion suspected bad listings before they were published to our stores." businessinsider.com

New York AG raises concerns about Amazon's pandemic safety practices
Amazon.com Inc may have violated safety measures and labor practices amid the coronavirus pandemic as it fired a warehouse protest leader last month, New York Attorney General Letitia James’s office wrote in a letter to the company last week.

“Amazon’s health and safety measures taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic are so inadequate that they
may violate several provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act,” James’s office wrote in the letter, whose content was shared by a source familiar with the letter on Monday.

Amazon terminated Christian Smalls, a critic of the company’s warehouse conditions in the pandemic, on grounds that he put others at risk by violating his paid quarantine when he joined a demonstration at Amazon’s Staten Island, New York, fulfillment center. reuters.com

Historic Mass Strike Planned For Tomorrow, May 1
An unprecedented coalition of Amazon, Walmart, FedEx, Target, Instacart, & Whole Foods workers is planning to strike over pandemic working conditions
Frontline workers at some of the biggest corporations in the country
say they will walk off the job on May 1 to protest their employers’ failure to provide basic protections for frontline workers who are risking and losing their lives at work. Meanwhile, these same companies are making record profits.

In a flyer circulated widely on social media, organizers of the so-called “May Day General Strike” implore customers to boycott Whole Foods, Amazon, Target, and Instacart on May 1.

Since the pandemic broke out, retail, warehouse and gig workers have coalesced around a similar
list of demands: personal protective gear, health care benefits, paid leave, and hazard pay - making it natural for them to coordinate a mass action. vice.com
 



Security Partners closes 2nd central station after operator
tests positive for coronavirus


Monitoring company relies on triple redundancy during five-day shutdown of San Antonio, TX center, and temporary shutdown of Lancaster, PA site.

Based in Lancaster, PA, one of the hardest hit counties being in such close proximity to New York,
Security Partners LLC had what any company would consider its worst fear come true: An employee working at one of its three central stations had tested positive for coronavirus.

“We were hit hard and we feel it's important to share and talk about it, rather than hide behind this virus,” Security Partners Owner and CEO Patrick Egan told Security Systems News. “We also wanted to talk about having the right plans and policies in place for your employees, including getting people to think about the importance of having redundancy during this unprecedented time.” securitysystemsnews.com

Brentwood, NY: 7-Eleven franchisee pleads guilty to harboring illegal immigrants
Following an investigation by ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and subsequent prosecution from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York (EDNY), Yong Min Choe, 55, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to conceal and harbor illegal aliens by employing them at his 7-Eleven franchise in Brentwood, New York. When sentenced, Choe faces up to 10 years’ imprisonment as well as a fine of up to twice the value of the gross gain. Additionally, Choe agreed to forfeit more than $1.3 million in assets that represent proceeds of the offense. ice.gov

Insurance Group Warns of Potential Cargo Crime Wave
as Freight Builds Up Due to Pandemic

Insurance group TT Club has issued a stern warning regarding the accumulation of cargo building up around the globe as the coronavirus outbreak plays havoc with transport systems. The Club points to the lag between the large-scale sourcing regions of China and other parts of Asia and the consuming markets of Europe and North America which it says has caused significant blocks of freight to be stuck in less secure facilities in both exporting and importing nations.

Such accumulations include cargo in containers at both transhipment and destination port terminals, as well as import consignments that have been delivered to warehouses and distribution centres. These are
primarily non-essential products, for which there is little demand as retail outlets are closed or supplies for production lines that are either static or at reduced capacity. handyshippingguide.com

Europol Report: Beyond the pandemic - How COVID-19 will shape the serious and organised crime landscape in the EU
Serious and organised crime is exploiting the changing circumstances during the pandemic. From the onset of this crisis, Europol monitored these developments to help Member States understand and tackle this emerging phenomena. The full impact of the pandemic – not only on crime but also more widely on society and the economy – is not yet apparent. However, law enforcement should be prepared to be able to respond to the warning signals as the world deals with the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Now more than ever, international policing needs to work with the increased connectivity both in the physical and virtual worlds. This crisis again proves that exchanging criminal information is essential to fighting crime within the law enforcement community. Europol, as the criminal information hub for all law enforcement organisations, will continue to play its part. Download the report here.

Dems Say No Reopening Without 'Life-And-Death' Safety Regs
Democratic lawmakers said Wednesday the economy can't safely reopen unless the Occupational Health and Safety Administration issues emergency rules making employers adopt workplace infectious disease plans and withdraws what they call harmful guidance that gives employers a pass on reporting COVID-19 cases.

Sens. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., and 28 of their Democratic and independent colleagues urged Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia to direct OSHA to issue an
"emergency temporary standard" that would make all employers safeguard against the spread of the novel coronavirus and protect workers from retaliation if they raise safety concerns.

The emergency temporary standard would legally require employers to implement workplace infection control and risk assessment plans, issue guidelines for social distancing, provide personal protective equipment, ensure proper sanitation and hand-washing facilities and provide wage protections for workers infected by COVID-19. law360.com

OSHA Inspectors Are Key to Re-Opening. Their Ranks Are at a 45-Year Low
As President Donald Trump pushes to restart the economy, the federal agency that’s supposed to protect employees from workplace hazards has been operating with historically low staffing.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration had only 862 inspectors at the start of the year, the smallest number since 1975, according to a report by the pro-labor, nonprofit National Employment Law Project. The total was down from 952 in 2016 and a historic high of 1,469 in 1980. bloomberg.com

Retailers Face Consumer Safety Worries as Economies Reopen
Retailers might be itching to reopen their stores, but consumers still don’t feel safe inside them, at least according to new survey findings from Deloitte that paint a picture of shopper attitudes during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Only 34% of U.S. consumers feel safe enough to shop inside stores now, according to the new “Deloitte Global State of the Consumer Tracker” survey report.

“Health concerns generally exceed financial concerns in the U.S., with more than 50% of respondents concerned about health and nearly one-quarter of respondents worried about finances,” Deloitte said. But people need to eat and buy other products at retail stores, so those
safety concerns among U.S. consumers could spark more growth for e-commerce and mobile orders, delivery and curbside pickups.

Food retailers and other businesses are taking steps to not only protect their workers but encourage customers to take all possible pandemic protections. Stop & Shop, for example, recently launched an ad campaign calling on consumers to step up their safety efforts while shopping. progressivegrocer.com deloitte.com

Macy’s to reopen all its stores over next six-weeks

Costco will start requiring customers to wear masks Monday

Amazon, Whole Foods reserve daily pickup hour for seniors, at-risk customers

COVID-19 hits McDonald's - Q1 comp's down 3.4%, net sales down 6%, earnings down 17%

US consumer spending plunges record 7.5% in March, reflecting virus

Unemployment Has Surpassed 30 Million Since Pandemic Swept Over the US

Juul Labs Plans to Cut Roughly a Third of Its Workers

Elon Musk says orders to stay home are ‘fascist’ in expletive-laced rant during Tesla earnings call

Reopening on Friday? Many Dallas companies plan to keep working in place

NY paid Bay Area CEO $69M for ventilators but received none

Comprehensive index highlighting the way small retailers are supporting their communities during the COVID-19 pandemic launches today
 


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The Rise of Security 4.0:
'Everything in your security program will be connected'


Rachelle Loyear, VP of Integrated Security Solutions, G4S, talks security convergence, digital transformation and making sense of all the data

Looking at the state of security convergence today, where do you see the industry when it comes to this cyber-physical convergence?

LOYEAR: Cyber- and physical security are converged at this point, including access control, video management, visitor management — all of these things that we have in security today — they are converged; you cannot get away from cybersecurity. But, unfortunately, we are still mentally siloed. People who are interested in having cool new physical security devices are taking those and putting them on the network, so we have to look at the risks that we are acquiring through that convergence of functional technology versus information technology.

We still think of cybersecurity as a thing that surrounds information, but information is the asset and cybersecurity is the environment through which one can safely access and manage that asset.

A lot of the conversation today is around what is being called the digital transformation. Can you talk about this Security 4.0 concept and how G4S is embracing it?

LOYEAR: We are really at — or at the cusp of — Security 4.0: Everything in your security program will be connected. Cameras will talk to access control. Your visitor management system at some point should be able to recognize the visitor coming through the door using analytics on your camera, having facial recognition, pinging your manned guard on their device saying to greet that visitor if that is needed, for example. But all of these things in this connected environment are risks sitting there, so we want to make sure we embrace the digitized movement while understanding the challenges created in doing so.

What successes are you seeing from early adopters? What are some of the key advantages of digitization?

LOYEAR: Security is going to become an enabler of the business through every data point that we collect. Retail is a good example — seeing traffic patterns so human resources can figure out key times to staff, as well as better understanding what customers are interested in, for example.

One system that would have typically been cameras with someone watching to see if something bad happens suddenly becomes a vast portal of information for the entire organization, which is great and amazing and provides so many benefits to so many people, but on the flip side is the noise that is created; it is overwhelming to us as humans the amount of noise that comes along with all of this.

I believe that the winner of the contest of the security industry is going to be the company that can handle that noise. Read the full Q&A here: securitysystemsnews.com

Reported in the Daily Tuesday: G4S Hiring 15,000 Employees in Response to COVID-19
 



445M cyberattacks detected since beginning of 2020, COVID-19 wreaks havoc

26% of Q1 retail & travel transactions were fraud attempts - driven by e-commerce

In the first quarter of 2020, the Arkose Labs network recorded the highest attack rate ever seen. 26.5% of all transactions were fraud and abuse attempts, which is a 20% increase over the previous quarter.

Just as the corporate world adjusts to working from home, so does the world of fraud – tapping into an increasingly distributed network of resources to carry out attacks.

“COVID-19 is shaping up to be the next big impetus for digital transformation across industries, as widespread lockdowns and social distancing mandates increase global reliance on the digital economy,” said Vanita Pandey, VP of Strategy at Arkose Labs.

As face-to-face interactions dwindle, digital attack vectors are multiplying at a record rate, creating almost perfect working conditions for fraudsters, who are grasping every available opportunity to exploit both individuals and enterprises during the crisis.”

With changes in consumer behavior due to COVID-19 varying drastically across the industries, fraudsters are shifting their focus accordingly. Top targets for online fraud in the coronavirus era include retail and travel: The attack rate has doubled from 13% of transactions to 26%, driven by attacks on ecommerce companies as travel tailed off due to restrictions. helpnetsecurity.com

Microsoft Office 365: US issues security alert over rushed remote deployments

CISA is concerned hasty deployments of Office 365 and Teams may lead to missed key security configurations

The US Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published security advice for organizations that may have rushed out Office 365 deployments to support remote working during the coronavirus pandemic. CISA warns that it continues to see organizations that have failed to implement security best practices for their Office 365 implementation. It is concerned that hurried deployments may have lead to important security configuration oversights that could be exploited by attackers. zdnet.com

NIST Report: Automation Support for Security Control Assessments: Software Vulnerability Management
Automated assessment of security controls that support management of known software vulnerabilities and weaknesses helps verify that the software vulnerability management capability is working. To facilitate this effort, NIST and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) researchers have developed an automated process to assess the effectiveness of the security controls that provide the information security capability known as Software Vulnerability Management (VUL), the focus of which is to manage risk created by defects present in software on the network. Read the report here.

Here's the NSA's guide for choosing a safe text chat and video conferencing service

Spear-phishing campaign compromises executives at 150+ companies


 
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Is Cannabis Essential?

Many states are treating cannabis dispensaries as 'essential' business during pandemic

As the coronavirus continues to impact businesses worldwide, many states in the US are only allowing essential businesses to remain open until further notice. While some states are closing everything but grocery stores, hospitals, and the most essential of businesses, others are allowing essential cannabis dispensaries to remain open. In states where cannabis is legal for medical use, the plant is typically deemed essential and dispensaries are being treated like pharmacies – but this is not the case for all cannabis dispensaries throughout the US.

Medical Cannabis
Cannabis industry leaders believe that it would be detrimental to patients who rely on medical-use cannabis if access to the plant is removed. If patients are unable to access prescribed cannabis, it’s possible some may resort to black-market products. Black-market cannabis can be potentially harmful due to lack of quality testing, with the possibility for some products to contain pesticides or other dangerous contaminants.

Recreational Cannabis
In adult-use states, many are encouraging local governments to ensure that medical-use patients are given priority over recreational purchases in the event of supply deficiencies. In states with both medical and recreational cannabis, some cannabis companies have decided on their own to dispense to medical patients only, despite no government guidance to do so. Some states, like Massachusetts, have even halted the sales of recreational cannabis all together. Read more

California Cannabis Breaches, Lawsuits and Shake-Ups, Oh My
Even though they’re currently deemed “essential“, California cannabis businesses were already struggling financially before the onset of COVID-19. Increasing competition from unregulated, un-taxed, illegal actors combined with high local and state taxes combined with costly and competitive local barriers to entry were all leading to delayed opening timelines, shorted budgets, terrible margins, and increasing failures across the board. This is all on top of federal illegality, of course, which leads to a host of further challenges.

When licensing began in California in early 2018, the momentum and investor scuttlebutt around California’s cannabis industry was incredibly positive. The largest legal cannabis market in the world had opened for business (within the world’s potentially fifth largest existing economy) and branding and market share opportunities created astronomical pre-revenue valuations for lots of cannabis companies.

Because of its frothy start, California cannabis saw lots of investors–institutional and independently wealthy alike–dive in on both licensed and ancillary cannabis businesses. Most of these investors had probably never even considered cannabis investments and knew very little about the marketplace overall, let alone the fact that most cannabis economies are a race to the bottom. And then we also had a good amount of Canadian publicly traded companies moving into the space doing ludicrous, risky deals with cannabis operators they got to know overnight.

Then came reality to California’s cannabis democratic experiment. Read more

Cannabis Dispensaries in Illinois Remain Open, Change Protocols During COVID-19 Pandemic
According to statewide association CannabizIL, cannabis dispensaries sell products that help people with anxiety and other medical issues, and therefore are a critical business during an uncommon period of upheaval in all areas of society. Dispensaries across the state have been given guidelines to follow during the pandemic. Nature’s Care is requiring customers to order online and to choose a fifteen minute window to pick up their cannabis orders to try to minimize the number of people in line. nbcchicago.com

Cannabis sales remain strong during COVID-19 pandemic

Security Master Planning in the Cannabis Industry – Part 4: The Security Operations Plan


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Taking an AP Team & Program to the Next Level

Jim Connolly, Senior Vice President of Asset Protection



Filmed in January 2014 at the Daily's 'Live in NYC at the NRF Big Show 2014' event

Jim Connolly, Senior Vice President of Asset Protection, talks about the keys to establishing a successful LP program - and how you take that program "to the next level" once it has matured. In 2010, Jim successfully engineered the biggest re-organization of Burlington Stores' LP program in the history of the company. Here, he offers tips on how to retain, challenge and develop team members, while keeping it fresh and exciting for the executives.

 



Stay tuned as we continue to count down LPNN's All-Time Top 10 LP Leader
and Top 10 Solution Provider videos. See who's made the list so far here.


 

 

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Third-Party Sellers Aren’t Surprised Amazon Is Reportedly Looking at Their Data

The definition of 'aggregate data' is a point of contention

An investigation by The Wall Street Journal last week found Amazon has accessed third-party seller data to inform its private label business, a practice the platform has repeatedly denied engaging in, including to Adweek. adweek.com

Are Target’s skyrocketing online sales retail’s new normal?
“Consumer behaviors continue to change dramatically, particularly as public health officials have told Americans to minimize their time in stores,” Target CEO Brian Cornell told reporters.

At the store level, the volume of order pickup during some weeks in April was up to seven times greater than normal. Some single days have been twice as high as Cyber Monday. On the Friday before Easter, Shipt did more volume than it typically does in a week.

In-store sales appear to be declining as the chain deals with restrictions on the number of shoppers and consumers’ increasing apprehension about going out in public. Mr. Cornell believes, however, that consumers seeking to reduce their outings will continue to come to Target’s locations for one-stop shopping and same-day pickup. Keeping stores operating also speeds online fulfillment, he said. retailwire.com

Amazon’s 175,000-worker hiring spree suggests strong first-quarter sales despite COVID-19, analysts say
Analysts say Amazon.com Inc.’s massive hiring spree in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak suggests that the e-commerce giant will have strong sales to report when it releases first-quarter earnings. Amazon is scheduled to report after the closing bell on April 30. The company announced on March 16 that it would bring on an additional 100,000 workers, a goal it fulfilled. On April 13, Amazon said it would hire 75,000 more. Oppenheimer analysts estimate that each new hire represents $75,000 in quarterly net online sales increase. marketwatch.com

Retail Brands Are Banking On Prime Day 2020. But Does Amazon Need It?


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D&D Daily Survey:
How will COVID-19 impact Loss Prevention & Organized Retail Crime at your stores as the nation prepares to reopen?


The industry values your input! The D&D Daily wants to hear your thoughts as retail prepares to reopen following mass closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Given the past seven weeks, we've all had a chance to think about what is going to happen as we reopen the doors, but are we prepared for the impact the pandemic will have on Loss Prevention and Organized Retail Crime?

What does ORC look like in the coming months? How are your stores preparing?

Click here to take a two-minute survey and share your thoughts!
 



Top ORC Cases from 2017 - By Dollar Amount

We at the D&D Daily compiled the top ORC cases we reported in 2017, ranked by dollar amount. Here are cases 2-5 of the year, with the rest of the countdown coming tomorrow. Click here to see the #1 case of 2017.

2. $84M - Big League ORC at the Top Level;
$84M Organized Rebate Fraud

Brian Mosher considered himself a master at the game of defrauding trucking company customers, and he told jurors Monday that he made sure two of his bosses knew it. Pilot Flying J's board of directors has confessed criminal responsibility to the tune of $92 million in fraudulent profits and has entered into an agreement with federal prosecutors to pay $92 million in fines and another $85 million in restitution to more than 5,000 customers. usatoday.com

3. $23M - Florida Ring Leader Gets 7yrs Prison For Stolen Credit Card Trafficking Ring Involving More Than 114,000 Accounts And Losses Of $23 Million
Gonzalez purchased the stolen credit card information from various vendors. These vendors sold stolen credit card data obtained from network intrusions into various corporate victims, including major retailers in the state of New Jersey. The stolen credit card data was used by Gonzalez and others to create counterfeit credit cards, which were used to enter into unauthorized and fraudulent transactions. The credit card issuers associated with the more than 114,000 stolen credit card accounts suffered a combined loss of more than $23 million.  justice.gov

4. $20M - 22 indicted in ICE-led probe into multimillion dollar theft ring that targeted upscale shopping malls in San Diego area and nationwide
A San Diego federal grand jury has indicted 22 defendants following a long-term probe spearheaded by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) into a highly organized, often violent theft ring suspected of stealing more than $20 million worth of merchandise from upscale shopping malls in the San Diego area and nationwide. ice.gov

5. $12M - New York: 'Operation Sticky Fingers' busts criminal gang making millions from stolen ink cartridges
In a takedown codenamed 'Operation Sticky Fingers', law enforcement said the suspects - if convicted - will face up to 25 years in prison. The gang stands accused to reselling products on eBay and Amazon stolen from shops including BestBuy, Staples and Office Depot. An indictment unsealed Wednesday charged 12 people with stealing and reselling more than $12 million in high-end electronics and other merchandise, in what the authorities called one of the largest-ever busts of a retail-theft ring. mytwintiers.com wsj.com ibtimes.co.uk pocononews.net
 



Paterson, NJ: Over $30K in goods missing after two burglaries in downtown Paterson
Someone allegedly stole 42 television stands from a furniture store in downtown Paterson in the middle of the afternoon on Tuesday, according to police. The owner of the store, located a block from City Hall, put the value of the stolen items at $22,000, police said. The owner reported that he found the lock had been broken on one of the store’s entrances when he responded to a burglar alarm at 3:11 p.m., police said. The reported burglary took place just a day after another business in downtown Paterson — an electronics store on Main Street — told police that someone stole 20 cell phones worth about $10,000, detectives said. Police said there was no sign of forced entry at the electronic store. Authorities said there’s no indication the two crimes are connected. northjersey.com

Arvada, CO: Suspects still at large after burglary at Arvada Gun store
Law enforcement is offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest following a burglary that happened early Tuesday morning at an Arvada gun store. Arvada police responded to the theft just before 3:50 a.m. According to a Facebook post from the department, a caller heard alarms and yelling at the Eagle’s Nest Armory at 12371 W. 64th Ave. A black SUV was later seen driving away. 9news.com

Denver, CO: Police are investigating three marijuana dispensaries burglarized that happened overnight
According to the Denver Post, at least 10 dispensaries and cultivation sites in Denver reported burglaries during the first two weeks of April, compared to eight that were reported during all of April 2019. “There are a variety of reasons marijuana businesses are targeted,” Denver Police spokesperson Jay Casillas said in an email. “It is mainly to steal marijuana, marijuana products, and money.” denverite.com

Kids steal 46 cars worth more than $1 million from Auto Dealerships
Detectives in North Carolina know who stole close to 50 cars from local dealerships over the last two months, police said. There’s just one problem — the authorities can’t arrest them. A group of kids and teenagers between ages 9 and 16 are accused of stealing 46 cars worth more than $1 million from dealerships in the Winston-Salem area beginning in March, according to a police department news release.

“Detectives have sought, and thus far have been denied, secure custody orders from the Forsyth County Department of Juvenile Justice for the involved juveniles,” the release states. Police didn’t say why the orders were denied, but the N.C. Department of Public Safety has said it’s trying to decrease the number of youth in detention during the coronavirus pandemic by utilizing electronic monitoring instead. At least one adult, however, is in custody. charlotteobserver.com

Update: Killeen, TX: KPD looking for $7,000 Victoria Secret thieves
The two suspects left the Victoria’s Secret retail store with over $7,000 of merchandise, according to the Bell County Crime Stoppers website. kdhnews.com

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Shootings & Deaths


Woman found shot and killed in Family Dollar parking lot
On Wednesday, a woman was found shot and killed outside a Family Dollar store in Kansas City, according to police. Police were called about 1:30 p.m. to a shooting in the parking lot outside the store on Troost Avenue. Officers found the woman on the ground near a vehicle. Emergency medical personnel pronounced her dead at the scene. The victim’s name has not been released. kansascity.com

Phoenix, AZ: Woman shot and killed with a pellet gun, while in the drive-thru at McDonald’s
The first shooting happened near Bell Road and 19th Avenue just past 12 a.m. on Wednesday morning when a 38-year-old female was shot while she stood in the drive through of a McDonalds’s.. Firefighters transported her to a hospital where she later died from her injuries. The suspects fled and drove near Peoria Avenue, where one of the suspects allegedly shot a 17-year-old male who was walking down the sidewalk. Phoenix Fire personnel transported him with serious injuries to a hospital, where he remains. Officers, with the help of the Phoenix Police Helicopter, located and arrested the four suspects. All four are currently being charged with murder, drive-by shooting, aggravated assault and armed robbery. 12news.com

Cleveland, OH: Police investigating after dead body found in air duct of Save a Lot grocery store
An exterminator discovered a dead body in the air duct of a grocery store in the city’s Mount Pleasant neighborhood, police said. Cleveland police Sgt. Jennifer Ciaccia said it appeared that the man entered the ducts on his own and that investigators noted no obvious signs of violence on the man’s body. The pest exterminator discovered the body about 11 a.m. Wednesday at the store on Kinsman Avenue. A store manager called the exterminator on Wednesday after noticing a foul odor emanating from the ducts, according to police. Cleveland firefighters used a large electric saw to cut a hole in the top of the roof to help recover the man’s body. Cleveland police homicide investigators also used a hatch on top of the roof to access the ducts while investigating the death. cleveland.com

Justice, IL: Brothers Confront, Shoot Chicago-Area Store Robbery Suspect
 



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Yonkers, NY: Masked workers brawl with suspected shoplifters in supermarket
At least a dozen staff from a Yonkers supermarket were caught in a wild brawl with two suspected shoplifters — leaving one of the accused repeatedly sobbing, “I can’t breathe!” The almost 11-minute clip from Shop Fair supermarket in Getty Square on Monday started with one of the accused already being pinned to the ground in one of the aisles as another was held back. After counting down from five, he then waded in, appearing to throw at least one punch — with at least four staffers leaping on him and exchanging blows.

“Call the cops and let them handle it,” urged a muscular staff member in a tight “Blessed” shirt — before becoming heated as he walked one of the suspects out of the store. “Get the f–k out this store before I knock you out myself!” he told the suspect, who rubbed his head as he got up off the ground before being cuffed by waiting Yonkers cops. The person videoing the wild brawl — seen more than 25,000 times by Thursday morning — repeatedly claimed that he has seen violence in the store before, saying, “They do this all the time. This is not right!" nypost.com

 



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Casa Grande, AZ: Woman has been arrested in connection with a Nationwide Fraud scheme
ON Wednesday, Yokmanee Juhl, 50, was taken into custody last week at her Casa Grande home and booked into the Pinal County jail on suspicion of fraudulent scheme and felony theft, according to police. Police said they were contacted by a Florida victim who filed a fraudulent schemes report with the Federal Trade Commission. Other victims were from Massachusetts, Idaho, Illinois and Washington. Investigators said 12 victims were told their relatives or friends were recipients of some form of cash prize or grant and were encouraged to contact an agent to see if they also were eligible for a cash prize. The victims were requested to send various payments to Juhl, who allegedly deposited the checks and cashed them out.

Investigators say the victims allegedly sent Juhl nearly $110,000 in various forms of checks plus more than $7,000 in cash. Additionally, Juhl was sent and unsuccessfully deposited nearly $74,000.00 in checks that did not fund. Police said associates of Juhl in the scheme haven’t been identified yet and the investigation is ongoing. facebook.com


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C-Store – Justice, IL – Robbery / suspect wounded
Electronics – Paterson, NJ – Burglary
Furniture – Paterson, NJ – Burglary
Guns – Arvada, CO – Burglary
Guns – Rapid City, SD – Burglary
Hobby – Concord, CA – Burglary
Hotel – Paducah, KY – Burglary
Jewelry – Laurel, MS – Burglary
Marijuana – Denver, CO - Burglary
Marijuana – Denver, CO - Burglary
Marijuana – Denver, CO - Burglary
Pawn – Miami Beach, FL – Burglary
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Shoe – Madison, WI – Burglary
Sporting Goods – Valdosta, GA – Burglary
Tobacco – Hendersonville, TN – Burglary
 

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• 2 robberies
• 18 burglaries
• 1 shooting
• 0 killed



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