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Authorities allege a Vancouver man was engaged in an elaborate fencing scheme that employed shoplifters and targeted large chain stores like Home Depot, Walmart and Best Buy.
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Humans using artificial intelligence face matching technology were 7.91 times
more likely to correctly identify a subject's face than without AI, according to
updated research results.
El Paso Seeks Death Penalty For Walmart ShooterEl Paso Walmart mass shooter in state custody, faces trial that could bring death penaltyThe admitted white supremacist who was sentenced to life in prison by a federal court for the Walmart mass shooting is now in state custody and remains in El Paso as he awaits a state trial in connection with the attack, officials said. El Paso District Attorney Bill Hicks announced Tuesday during a news conference that Patrick Crusius, 24, was transferred about 1 p.m. Tuesday from federal custody to state custody – the first major step to moving forward with the state of Texas' case against the gunman. The 90 life consecutive sentences handed down by Senior U.S. District Judge David C. Guaderrama means the gunman will spend the rest of his life in federal prison. The U.S. Attorney's Office was not seeking the death penalty. The judge ordered the gunman to serve his prison time at ADX Florence supermax federal prison near Florence, Colorado. However, he will remain in El Paso as he awaits a federal restitution hearing and a state trial. In the state case, the gunman faces one count of capital murder of multiple persons and 22 counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The El Paso County District Attorney's Office is seeking the death penalty.
U.S. sets a grim milestone with new record for the deadliest six months of mass killingsUnrelenting bloodshed across the U.S. this year has led to the grimmest of milestones: The deadliest six months of mass killings recorded since at least 2006. NEW YORK — Slain at the hands of strangers or gunned down by loved ones. Massacred in small towns, in big cities, inside their own homes or outside in broad daylight. This year’s unrelenting bloodshed across the U.S. has led to the grimmest of milestones: The deadliest six months of mass killings recorded since at least 2006. From Jan. 1 to June 30, the nation endured 28 mass killings, all but one of which involved guns. The death toll rose just about every week, a constant cycle of violence and grief. Six months. 181 days. 28 mass killings. 140 victims. One country. A mass killing is defined as an occurrence when four or more people are slain, not including the assailant, within a 24-hour period. A database maintained by The Associated Press and USA Today in partnership with Northeastern University tracks this large-scale violence dating back to 2006. . inquirer.com Northeastern Mass Killing Database
San Francisco: ‘All I see is things to celebrate’: Brooke Jenkins on her first year as D.A.She took office promising to clean up open-air drug markets and crack down on property crime in San Francisco. While crime stats say she hasn't done that, she says there’s only one thing she’d have done differently.
Some Toronto area stores are closing their beer and wine sections. Why?Theft levels are rising and the margins were tiny to begin with,Industry spokespeople say “Simply put, grocers lose money when they sell beer.” Over the past few months, shoppers have reported a puzzling new trend: several retailers have been quietly shuttering their alcohol sections. The Star has confirmed at least four grocery store locations in the GTA where alcohol has disappeared from shelves in recent months. They include Sobeys-owned FreshCo at Bathurst and Nassau, Loblaws at Queen and Portland, Loblaws in Empress Walk in North York, and Loblaw-owned Real Canadian Superstore in Brampton. Loblaw and Sobeys did not respond to inquiries asking how many of their stores have stopped selling alcohol and why. However, the Retail Council of Canada, which represents the country’s largest grocers, including Loblaw and Sobeys, said high levels of theft have cut into the profitability of alcohol sales at some locations and an industry expert told the Star that profits on beer and wine sales are often surprisingly small to begin with. As food prices continue to skyrocket, shoplifting has surged across all grocery store categories, including alcohol, and it’s costing stores billions of dollars, said Michelle Wasylyshen, a spokesperson for the Retail Council of Canada. Ironically, retailers’ increasing reliance on self-checkouts to slash labour costs and fill staffing gaps is making it easier for shoppers to walk out without paying. Sands expects more grocers to take alcohol off their shelves in the future. thestar.com
Across the Pond the UK is Eerily Similar to the U.S.Organized shoplifting gangs stealing with “impunity”, warns MPOrganized shoplifting gangs are stealing with “impunity” as Waitrose reports a rapid rise in thefts. The supermarket blamed “steal-to-order gangs” and anti-social behaviour. The British Retail Consortium (BRC) said retail thefts across the sector in England and Wales rose by 26% in 2022. In March, police forces in England, Wales and Northern Ireland recorded almost 33,000 incidents of shoplifting. Local Conservative MP James Sunderland said: “Targeted shoplifting through organised retail crime is clearly on the rise. “Gangs appear to be operating with impunity across the South East. “There have been instances of violence to staff when they attempt to intervene, not just at Waitrose but all supermarkets.” Lucy Brown, director of security for JLP, told the BBC: “We’re seeing a real increase – some are one-off offenders but the majority are shoplifting on a regular basis, switching across all retailers. “They will use major transport infrastructure to hit every retailer in a particular town or city or high street. “We’re also seeing a rise in organised crime with groups targeting stores – they want to take high volumes and high value in one hit.” frontlinepress.org
Teen in custody after dozens of Omaha Police called to Shoots Fired at Westroads Mall areaOMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A teen was taken into custody Wednesday evening after a volatile situation unfolded in a Westroads Mall parking lot. Dozens of Omaha Police officers rushed to the scene at about 7 p.m. after 911 operators received several 911 calls had come in at about someone in a parking lot firing a gun into the air. Omaha Police Lt. Neal Bonacci said in an update from the scene that officers responded very quickly, and there was never a threat inside the mall. wowt.com
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Hack Triggers Call for Changes to Microsoft's Cloud ServicesThe Wall Street Journal reports that Biden administration officials are calling for changes to Microsoft’s cloud services after victims of a recent Chinese cyber intrusion were unable to detect the hack because they weren’t enrolled in the company’s premium service and didn't have access to the critical logging information required to detect the attack. Cloud confusion. Log files are digital ledgers that list happenings on computer systems and are typically available to the operator of the computer server that is generating them. The era of cloud computing has complicated things by dividing up maintenance responsibilities between cloud operators and their customers. cmail20.com
Setting Standards & Cross-Border Cybercrime Disruption LegislationU.S. Sets Cybersecurity Goals Through 2026The Biden administration published Thursday a step-by-step plan on how it aims to enact its national cybersecurity strategy through 2026, including short time frames for putting into effect some key planks of cyber policy. The plan encompasses the business sector, besides federal agencies. The 16 sectors designated as critical infrastructure by the U.S. government are largely operated by the private sector in areas such as healthcare, financial services, energy and manufacturing. At the same time, businesses will be expected to meet new standards set by federal agencies. The Securities and Exchange Commission, for example, is preparing a raft of rules that will impose incident-reporting requirements on listed companies. These rules are also intended to scrutinize board oversight of cyber risk. The Federal Trade Commission and the Food and Drug Administration also want to flex their muscles in privacy enforcement and medical device security. Of major concern to businesses are potentially overlapping and perhaps conflicting rules from the White House and regulators that might require different processes and timelines to satisfy. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is due to issue final rules for incident reporting by critical infrastructure operators by late 2025. Elsewhere, the Justice Department is working on legislative proposals for cross-border cooperation in disrupting cybercrime. Some proposals have been sent to Congress, a senior administration official said on Wednesday’s call. wsj.com
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And So the Battle BeginsWormGPT Cybercrime Tool Heralds an Era of AI Malware vs. AI DefensesA black-hat alternative to GPT models specifically designed for malicious activities like BEC, malware, and phishing attacks is here, and will push organizations to level up with generative AI themselves. Cybercriminals are leveraging generative AI technology to aid their activities and launch business email compromise (BEC) attacks, including use of a tool known as WormGPT, a black-hat alternative to GPT models specifically designed for malicious activities. According to a report from SlashNext, WormGPT was trained on various data sources, with a focus on malware-related data, generating human-like text based on the input it receives and is able to create highly convincing fake emails. Screenshots from a cybercrime form illustrate exchanges between malicious actors on how to deploy ChatGPT to aid successful BEC attacks, indicating hackers with limited fluency in the target language can use gen AI to fabricate a convincing email. The research team also conducted an evaluation of the potential risks associated with WormGPT, with a specific focus on BEC attacks, instructing the tool to generate an email aimed at pressuring an unsuspecting account manager into making payment for a fraudulent invoice. The results revealed WormGPT could not only execute a persuasive tone but was also "strategically cunning," an indicator of its capabilities for mounting sophisticated phishing and BEC attacks. darkreading.com
Threat Actors Customizing Tools for Mobile OS-Based FraudMobile Android OS Device Spoofing Tools Spotted in Russian Cybercriminal Forum Threat actors are using dedicated mobile Android device spoofing tools to defraud customers of online banking, payment systems, advertising networks and online marketplaces globally. Researchers at Resecurity observed cybercriminals innovating their tactics by employing tools that impersonate compromised account holders and bypass anti-fraud controls. Attackers are using these spoofing tools by exploiting stolen cookie files, impersonating hyper-granular device identifiers and using fraud victims' unique network settings. govinfosecurity.com
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Prime Day 2023 was Amazon's most successful yet with $12.7 billion spentSales were up 6.4% over 2022 for the two day annual promotion.Consumers spent $6.3 billion on Amazon on the second day of the sale, according to Adobe Analytics data of 1 trillion visits to U.S. retail sites and 100 million SKUs Amazon Prime shoppers focused their spending on items for their homes. Appliance sales were up 52% compared to the average day in June, according to Adobe. Housekeeping supplies and apparel were also popular, up 27% and 24%, respectively. Just under half of orders on July 12, 45%, were made on smartphones, Adobe said. That’s up from 41.5% of orders in 2022. Adobe attributed the increase to growing consumer comfort shopping on mobile devices, and the ease of making impulse purchases. digitalcommerce360.com
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ORC Gang of 6 Hit 90 Ulta Beauty, Sephora, Target and Nike stores in Montgomery County.Group including 13-year-old suspected in over 90 DC, Maryland store theftsMontgomery County police say the group is responsible for $78,000 in theft from Ulta Beauty stores in the D.C. area, and $49,000 in theft from 11 Ulta Beauty, Sephora, Target and Nike stores in the countyGroups of young people walk into store after store, smash display cases and run off with thousands of dollars in merchandise piled in their arms or shoved into garbage bags. Police in Montgomery County, Maryland, announced a series of arrests in the fight against retail crime. They believe six suspects are responsible for thefts from 11 stores in the county and a whopping 80 stores in D.C. since April. The suspects range in age from 28 to just 13. The thefts occurred between April 28 and June 15 in Montgomery County and D.C., police said. The suspects are all from D.C. and are 28, 21, 17, 16 and 13. “It is shocking. It’s one of those things in my career that, I don’t recall seeing kids as young as 13 going out and being involved in this type of crime,” said Capt. Sean Gagen. Police say the group is responsible for $78,000 in theft from Ulta Beauty stores in the D.C. area, and $49,000 in theft from 11 Ulta Beauty, Sephora, Target and Nike stores in Montgomery County. Police believe the thieves sold the items.
ORC Fencing Fraudster Files to Reclaim Seized AssetsB.C. civil forfeiture claim reveals elaborate scheme of shoplifting, returns for cash and fake credit cardsVancouver police deployed an undercover officer posing as a shoplifter who sold merchandise to the man and who received instructions to steal property from Home Depot.
Under the scheme, the man would
bring stolen goods, including computers, electronics, home
improvement items and clothing, to various stores without a
receipt in return for store credit. He would then use
those credits to buy merchandise and receive a receipt and later
return those items for cash.
After receiving tips from retailers, Vancouver police deployed an undercover officer posing as a shoplifter who sold merchandise to the man and who received instructions to steal property from Home Depot. The details of these allegations stem from
four investigations dating to 2017 and are contained in court documents related
to a civil forfeiture application seeking to keep items the VPD seized from two
residences. They include more than $50,000 in cash, two vehicles and gift cards
worth more than $120,000 from several large retailers. During the first investigation, that began in May 2017, Home Depot called police to report Luo had returned stolen items to a store in exchange for store credit. He then used the credit to buy some more items at the store, and received a receipt, according to the petition. Lawyers for Hao Luo,
also known as Ken Luo, are challenging the application using a Charter argument
that police didn’t have the legal right to search his residences or seize the
goods or vehicles because the warrants weren’t based on reasonable and probable
grounds that a crime had been committed.
Group of men charged with stealing liquor from Albuquerque storesIt was a crime that shocked and angered the city: thieves caught on camera in broad daylight stealing hundreds of dollars worth in liquor from a Walgreens. According to police, two of the thieves returned to the same store to steal again this week, and it led to three arrests in the case. “Something positive came out of a little video that I took,” said Rob MacIvor, who shot the now viral video on June 30. It depicted a group of men loading up their backpacks full of liquor from the Walgreens on Wyoming Boulevard and Harper. “They just walked straight in, walked right into the liquor store and started pulling the larger bottles of alcohol off of the shelves,” MacIvor said to KRQE in an interview on July 3 about the incident he witnessed. Walgreen’s management reported to police a group of individuals, up to 10 people at a time, targeted their location daily. They said sometimes, it happened three to four times a day. That includes Tuesday when police were called after 43-year-old Nathan Castillo and 35-year-old Brian Singer allegedly stole again. They were arrested Tuesday, along with 26-year-old Joshua Peralto. Police said Peralto stole items from an Albertsons and was arrested in a nearby irrigation channel. krqe.com
Suspect Arrested On A Warrant In Westport Shoplifting Case: Police
WESTPORT, CT — A 20-year-old New York City woman was arrested
on a warrant this week in connection with a shoplifting case from February
at Ulta Beauty on the Post Road East, according to Westport police.
Catherine Sanoja was charged on Monday with second-degree
larceny, organized retail theft of $10,000, and conspiracy to commit
second-degree larceny.
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DOJ: Anchorage Man Sentenced to 9 Years for Stealing 22 GunsDefendants fired weapons during police chase and used stolen vehicles in commission of crimes ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Anchorage man was sentenced yesterday to nine years in federal prison for stealing 22 firearms from an Anchorage gun store in 2019. Rhode and his co-conspirators drove a
stolen Chevy Trailblazer to Wrightway Auto Carriers in Anchorage where they
broke into the building and stole license plates, filing cabinets and a GMC Later the same day, officers with the
Anchorage Police Department tried to stop Rhode, who was driving the black SUV,
and his co-defendants driving another pickup, but they fired shots into the
DOJ: Four Indicted in Connection with Fatal Robbery of St. Louis Restaurant Owner
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Shootings & Deaths (Video) Las Vegas, NV: Teen killed after shooting in North Las Vegas grocery store parking lot.North Las Vegas police are investigating a shooting that left a teen dead outside a North Las Vegas grocery store parking lot. Officers received a call about a shooting in a store parking lot in the 2200 block of East Centennial Parkway near Losee Road shortly after 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Police described the victim as a “male in his late teens” suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. After the shooting, the teen was taken to UMC with serious, life-threatening injuries. The teen was later pronounced dead at the hospital. 8newsnow.com
Columbus, OH: Store owner dies after armed robbery in southeast ColumbusThe owner of a corner store in southeast Columbus was shot and killed Wednesday. Columbus police responded to a shooting in the 1400 block of South Hamilton Road around 1:50 p.m. The victim was taken to a hospital in critical condition, and he was later pronounced dead. abc6onyourside.com
St. Albans, WV: Maintenance worker dies after being electrocuted at shopping centerPhotos of gun-wielding suspect released following deadly shooting at Columbus corner storeCOLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — The owner of a corner store in southeast Columbus was shot and killed Wednesday. A witness said the shooter fired into the store and its drive-thru window and then ran off. myfox28columbus.com
Update: It's now up to 15 CNY Walmart Stores Hit by Multi-State Skimming GangThe attempted fraud spans Central New York, the Southern Tier and over state borders into Maine, involving three suspects who installed multiple skimming devices over existing credit card scanners. Each store is dealing with its own police department investigation, but officers exchanging information have found surveillance footage to show the culprits are the same in all the cases. informnny.com
Thieves use guns, sledgehammers to rob Huntersville jewelry store; FBI investigatingHUNTERSVILLE, N.C. — Thieves with guns and sledgehammers robbed a Huntersville jewelry store on Tuesday, Huntersville police confirmed. Three male suspects entered Fink’s Jewelers in Birkdale Village around noon wearing hooded sweatshirts and full-face masks, pictures show. wsoctv.com
Macon man sentenced to seven years in prison after waving gun at Walmart customers in 2021yahoo.com
Video shows smash-and-grab burglary at Downey mallPolice in Downey are investigating a robbery at a jewelry store inside the Stonewood Mall Wednesday afternoon. The robbery happened around 4:30 p.m. at Daniel’s Jewelers, according to the Downey Police Department. Video of the smash-and-grab burglary shared to TikTok showed at least three men wearing black hoodie sweatshirts smashing the glass displays of the jewelry store and pulling several items from the damaged cases. The person who shot the video, an employee at one of the mall’s businesses, said there have been several burglaries at the mall in recent months and the mall only employs one security guard on site. The TikTok caption claimed that police did not show up to the mall for more than 20 minutes after the crime took place.Downey police have released very little information about the burglary, only confirming that it is under investigation. It’s currently unclear if any arrests have been made or if any suspects are outstanding. ktla.com
Beaufort, SC: Police catch a break in downtown Beaufort break-ins.The City of Beaufort Police Department (BPD) has a person of interest in two break-ins that occurred June 27 and 28 in downtown Beaufort. “We’re just waiting on some lab work to come back,” said Lt. Col. Stephenie Price, Deputy Chief and spokesperson for the Beaufort Police Department. Price was speaking to about 20 business owners at a Tuesday morning meeting of the Downtown Beaufort Merchants’ Association at the Thibault Gallery on Bay Street. yourislandnews.com
Temple, Tx: Early morning fire causes severe damage to Super 8 Motel, no injuries reportedkcentv.com |
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