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Vince Williams - CFE, CFI promoted to
Director, LP Ops & Investigations, Global Supply Chain/E-Commerce for Pitney
Bowes
Vince
has been with Pitney Bowes for ten years, starting with the company in 2011.
Before his promotion to Director, LP Ops & Investigations, Global Supply
Chain/E-Commerce, he served as Regional LP Manager - Global Supply
Chain/E-Commerce. Prior to joining Pitney Bowes, he spent nearly two years as
Corporate Loss Prevention/Fraud Manager for Hostess Brands. Earlier in his
career, he served as Director, Loss Prevention Services for RadioShack.
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March Networks’ Middle East and Africa Headquarters in Dubai Awarded ISO
9001:2015 Quality Certification
OTTAWA,
ON, September 15, 2021 ––
March Networks®, a
global video surveillance and video-based business intelligence leader, is
pleased to announce that its Dubai office has been awarded ISO 9001:2015
certification for its Quality Management System (QMS).
The globally recognized accreditation is based on the implementation of a number
of management principles that help to ensure customers receive consistent,
high-quality products and services that meet and exceed their expectations. The
certification demonstrates the Dubai office’s commitment to performance and
organizational excellence to ultimately enhance customer satisfaction.
Read more here
Experiencing COVID-19 Budget Cuts?
In these days of increasingly tight budgets, it is more important than
ever for security to be seen as a valuable contributor to the bottom
line. Now is the perfect time to focus strategic energy on aligning
security programs with your organization’s mission, values, risks and
goals.
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The U.S. Crime Surge
The Retail Impact
WSJ Podcast Features Ben Dugan &
the ORC Fight
'How to Stop a $45 Billion Crime Spree' by The Journal
A
brazen kind of shoplifting is plaguing America's retail stores, where people
fill up garbage bags with items and simply walk out the door. WSJ's Rebecca
Ballhaus explains how organized crime rings orchestrate the shoplifting. And
Ben Dugan, the head of CVS' investigative unit, describes what he does to
fight crime at his stores.
Click here to listen
In Case You Missed This Month's Top Article:
'Ben Dugan Works for CVS. His Job Is Battling a $45 Billion Crime Spree'
Retailers
are spending millions a year to battle organized crime rings that steal from
their stores in bulk and then peddle the goods online, often on Amazon.com
Inc.'s retail platform, according to retail investigators, law-enforcement
officers and court documents. It is a menace that has been supercharged by the
pandemic and the rapid growth of online commerce that has accompanied it.
The Coalition of Law Enforcement and Retail, a trade association, which Mr.
Dugan heads, estimates that organized retail theft accounts for around $45
billion in annual losses for retailers these days, up from $30 billion a decade
ago. At CVS, reported thefts have ballooned 30% since the pandemic began.
Mr. Dugan's team, working with law enforcement, expects to close 73 e-commerce
cases this year involving $104 million of goods stolen from multiple retailers
and sold on Amazon. That compares with 27 cases in 2020, involving half the
total. CVS has doubled its crime team to 17 over the past two years and
purchased its own surveillance van with 360-degree cameras and a high-powered
telescope.
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New ORC Task Force in Illinois Continues to Make
Headlines
(Update) Multi-agency task force will fight organized retail crime in Illinois
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has
announced
a partnership between public and private entities designed to combat the
increase in organized retail crime.
The Attorney
General’s
Organized Retail Crime Task Force is the first large-scale, public-private
collaboration of its kind in Illinois and is designed to foster
cooperation among retailers, online marketplaces, law enforcement agencies and
state’s attorneys
dedicated to targeting organized retail crime enterprises.
Organized retail crime has increased dramatically over the last two years.
According to the Coalition of Law Enforcement and Retail, organized retail theft
accounts for $45 billion in annual losses.
The problem has only increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, with CVS
estimating a 30% increase in thefts.
The Organized Retail Crime Task Force is comprised of
career investigators and attorneys
from the Attorney General’s Criminal Enforcement Division working in concert
with the U.S. Secret Service, the Department of Homeland Security, the Illinois
State Police, local police departments, the Cook County Sheriff’s office, the
Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police and the Illinois Association of State’s
Attorneys. The task force will consult with retail advocacy associations
and national retailers including
CVS, Home Depot, Lowe’s, Target, Walgreens and Walmart.
The Organized Retail Crime Task Force will serve as a vehicle
allowing multiple jurisdictions to share information and resources. The
task force will allow the Illinois Attorney General’s office to utilize data and
tips provided by retailers and partner across jurisdictions with law enforcement
agencies to investigate organized retail crimes and trace thefts to the source.
securitymagazine.com
National Guard Assistance Requested in D.C.
US Capitol Police request DC National Guard assistance ahead of September 18
right-wing rally
US Capitol Police have requested DC National Guard assistance ahead of
planned right-wing protests scheduled for this Saturday at the Capitol,
Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said Wednesday.
"We have received a request from Capitol Police for some assistance for this
weekend's protests, scheduled protests. I'm not going to detail the specific
request," Kirby said. "We're doing the analysis, we are in receipt of it, we're
analyzing it, and if it can be validated and supported, we'll do that and we'll
look at the sourcing inside the department as to what's most appropriate."
Kirby would not give details but said "it is not an exorbitant ask," adding that
"it's not of a particularly large size or major capability. I think it's more
in the form of some manpower support."
US Capitol Police said Monday they are in touch with the military ahead of
the protests, as the Capitol Police Board approved the return of security
fencing around the Capitol building.
cnn.com
DEBATE OF THE WEEK: Should we Defund the Police?
In the wake of the death of George Floyd, protests sprung up arguing "defund
the police." What this precisely means depends on who you talk to (literally
stop funding the police or engage in widespread police reform) but it has
become one of the most polarizing issues of the last year. Wilfred Reilly,
associate professor of political science at Kentucky State University, and Geo
Maher, political theorist and Visiting Associate Professor at Vassar College,
join us to debate the topic of defunding the police across America, with guest
host Celeste Headlee.
Defunding the Police Is Asinine and Counterproductive | Opinion
My
statement is that defunding the police in any real sense of that term is one of
the worst ideas in the discourse right now. This is not a new idea. We saw this
attempted during the 1960s and we saw the Ferguson-effect police pullback in
2014/2015. In practice, crime has surged literally every time it has been tried
in the past, and this is why 80 percent to 90 percent of black people oppose
police defunding.
So to spell it out a bit, by "defunding the police," I mean what the phrase
logically implies: the removal of a substantial amount of money from police
budgets, either transferred back into the general city budget or to other social
services. So less budget and fewer cops and stops. We're talking about the
actual municipal police budget. This is what most of the "defund the police"
advocates seem to be stumping for, at the very least.
So The New York Times recently ran a
famous, widely cited op-ed that was simply headlined: "Yes, we mean
literally abolish the police." The problem is that this isn't a new idea, and
doing it invariably results in a massive surge in serious crime. Last year, when
we saw political protests and riots all year and "defund the police" became a
catchphrase, we also saw murders surge over the 20,000 mark for the first time
since 1995. You can try arguing that most departments haven't yet defunded,
although that's not true: New York City alone cut a billion dollars from its
police budget and Los Angeles $150 million. This was certainly tied to the
reduction of stops and reduction in interactions. That'll be the main
consequences of defunding. The commission on COVID-19 and criminal justice
traces that 2020 crime surge back to "late May and early June of 2020."
Many police departments began to pull back following
George
Floyd's killing. In Minneapolis itself, the Minneapolis
Police
Department traces an 80 percent decrease in traffic stops and 39 percent
decrease in human stops back specifically to the week of May 25. May 25 was the
literal day Mr. Floyd died. I don't want to go on and on with this, but this
happened following the Ferguson riots six years back. A Chicago magazine ran the
headline, "police stops down 90 percent as crime skyrockets." You go back to the
1960s and crime increased 600 percent between 1963 and 1993.
I am perfectly willing, as I think my opponent is, to talk about something like
increased funding for social work in any practical, non-semantic sense.
Defunding the police is an insane idea.
newsweek.com
By Wilfred Reilly, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Kentucky State
University
On 9/14/21 at 5:36 PM EDT
Tomorrow: Yes, We Should Defund the Police
Ex-cops accused of violating Floyd's rights pled not guilty Tuesday in Fed Court
Philadelphia, PA: Shootings surge in 2021, in communities historically affected
by poverty, blight
Shootings, stabbings, robberies & violent crime surge in Nashville
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382.2M Vaccinations Given
US: 42.4M Cases - 685K Dead - 32.2M Recovered
Worldwide:
227.3M Cases - 4.6M Dead - 204M Recovered
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Leading Cause of Police Officer Deaths? COVID
COVID Now the Leading Cause of U.S. Law Enforcement Deaths
According to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund,
182 law enforcement officers died of COVID-19 last year. Add the
71 officers who have died in the first half of this year from the virus,
and COVID is now the
leading cause of law enforcement officer line-of-duty fatalities.
The
71 deaths reported in the first six months of this year represent a slight
decrease from the 76 COVID deaths reported during the same time period in 2020.
In all, 132 members of U.S. law enforcement agencies are known to have died from
COVID in 2021.
Despite the alarming rate of deaths, police officers and other first responders
are
some of the most hesitant Americans to get vaccinated for the
coronavirus, and the number of their cases continues to rise, reports the
Associated Press.
Although there aren’t any statistics on the vaccination rate for all U.S. first
responders, individual police and fire departments across the nation say the
rate of
inoculation among their employees is much lower than the national rate of nearly
74% of adults who have had at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. For
example, the Austin, Texas Police Department estimates about 50% of its force is
vaccinated, reports KXAN. The Charleston, West Virginia Police Department says
more than 50% of its employees have been vaccinated for COVID-19, reports WCHS.
Despite the high rate of deaths among law enforcement officers, national and
local police
unions are fighting vaccine mandates, reports KTLA.
When the vaccines received emergency authorization by the FDA, first responders
were among the first to be authorized to receive the shot.
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The Pandemic's Impact on Grocery Chains
From COVID to Product Shortages to Labor Supply, Grocery Stores Adapt To String
of Challenges
In an interview with PYMNTS, IGA President and
CEO John
Ross admitted grocery stores have been lucky to an extent with the
ability to stay open during the pandemic, compared to so many other
‘non-essential’ businesses around the world that were forced to shut down
or curtail operations.”
A World of Challenges
One
of the toughest challenges IGA has faced has been
recruiting enough workers to keep its stores open at a time when
employees are increasingly worried for their safety.
Ross said IGA’s own research came up with some surprising reasons why people no
longer want to work in grocery stores. While
the issue of safety ranked fairly high, he said the number one reason
people are avoiding grocery stores is because they are looking for a better job.
Grocery stores can be excused for that lapse given the mountain of problems on
their plate. Hogging the headlines for months on end is the
ongoing supply challenges that has affected almost every kind of business.
That’s not to say it’s entirely bad news.
The shortage of goods has actually increased demand at most IGA stores,
and the company has seen “spectacular growth” in its bottom line over the last
two years. But Ross believes the company’s growth could have been even stronger
if not for the impact of supply challenges.
Being independent does have some advantages though. One of the ways IGA has
learned how to compete is by
stepping up its investment in consumer-facing technology, digitizing the
customer experience to offer a more personalized service to its customers
than larger rivals can do.
“This combination of rethinking our value proposition and the investment of
digital technology, we call it forming a digital relationship with the
consumer,” Ross explained. “If we can connect to them in that powerful way
online, the total loyalty proposition is so much better and that
preps us to compete in the long run, whether it’s against Kroger, Safeway or
Amazon.”
pymnts.com
Kroger is back at Full Go on COVID Safety
Protocols
Kroger again requires employees to wear masks, regardless of vaccination
Kroger is again requiring all employees to wear face coverings. The
Cincinnati-based grocer announced Wednesday that it will again update its
masking policy, requiring all associates and contractors to wear a mask when in
our stores, offices and other facilities, regardless of vaccination status.
Previously, employees were required to wear masks only if they were
unvaccinated. Masks will remain optional for customers, but are strongly
encouraged, company officials said. Where there are local and state
mandates, company officials said they continue to abide by those.
"Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, The Kroger Family of Companies’ most urgent
priority has been the safety of our associates and customers. We have adhered to
guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and our Chief
Medical Officer Dr. Marc Watkins and listened to our associates and customers to
guide our policies," a statement from the company said in part.
Stores will continue to implement enhanced cleaning, and promote physical
distancing across all facilities. Additionally, the grocer will offer
associates a $100 one-time payment for receiving the recommended doses of the
COVID-19 vaccine.
wlwt.com
Kroger Division Impact: Worker shortages in
the pandemic
Harris Teeter grocery stores will be closing early ‘until further notice.’
Harris Teeter will temporarily shorten all store operating hours from 6 a.m. to
9 p.m. starting Wednesday, according to the company website. The change is in
place until further notice.
The service counter, and meat and fish counters will close at 8 p.m., according
to the company. Other amenities will close at 7 p.m.
The Matthews-based grocery chain cited the labor shortage affecting the country
nationwide during the coronavirus pandemic, as first reported by Grocerying.
Some stores had been open until 10 p.m. or 11 p.m.
Harris Teeter, a Kroger Co. subsidiary, has about 35,000 workers in more
than 250 stores in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Maryland,
Delaware, Florida and the District of Columbia.
The worker shortage has affected industries from Amazon to Lowe’s, as well as
restaurants, which have offered sign-on bonuses, wage increases and other
benefits as incentives to appeal to job seekers.
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New York's Hero Act - Clock is Ticking
New York employers must implement coronavirus safety plans
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Employers in New York state must implement the coronavirus safety plans
they were required to devise earlier in the year, Gov. Kathy Hochul
announced Sept. 6.
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The state’s HERO Act, signed into law in May, obligated businesses to
plan for employee health screenings, masking and social distancing requirements,
workplace hygiene stations, workplace cleaning protocol, quarantine protocol and
building airflow technology, according to the governor’s office.
Alternatively, employers may adopt the state’s model plan.
●
The law requires employers to implement those plans when the governor designates
COVID-19 a highly contagious communicable disease that presents a serious risk
of harm to the public health, which Hochul did last week.
While the state didn’t make a deadline clear, attorneys from law firm Lowenstein
Sandler wrote in a
client alert that "the Act’s standard advises employers to ‘promptly
activate’ their safety plans." Additionally, unless extended, the designation
of COVID-19 as a highly contagious communicable disease will expire Sept. 30,
the attorneys said.
hrdive.com
‘Cautiously optimistic’: COVID hospitalizations appear to plateau, DFW Hospital
Council leader says
There have consistently been about 3,500 patients hospitalized daily with
COVID-19 in the 19-county area that covers Dallas-Fort Worth, the council
leader, Steve Love, said in an update with the Irving-Las Colinas Chamber of
Commerce. “It does appear that the cases may begin to come down in Dallas
County, which means hospitalizations will hopefully come down in the short
term,” Love said. “I define short term as probably 10 days to two weeks.”
dallasnews.com
Viewpoint: Should Your Company Implement an Employee Vaccination Mandate?
So an increasing number of organizations have been mandating that their workers
get vaccinated, and many others are trying to decide whether to follow suit.
(President Joe Biden announced Sept. 9 a
series of
proposals to combat the COVID-19 pandemic more aggressively, including plans
for a new rule requiring employers with 100 or more employees to mandate that
their workers be vaccinated or undergo weekly testing.
Read SHRM Online's coverage here.)
Those still deliberating their options should realize that their decision could
have a significant impact on their short-term productivity and profits as well
as on their long-term ability to attract and retain needed talent. With that in
mind, we recommend that they take the following actions:
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25% of Americans Unvaccinated - Not High
Enough to Curb It
Pandemic frustrations zero in on unvaccinated Americans
As cases approach winter levels, the U.S. has been left to decide how to deal
with and treat the millions who still haven’t received their shots, months after
they became widely available.
In response, some have resorted to mocking and joking about the unvaccinated,
an approach public health and psychology experts say is unlikely to change the
minds of both hard-line activists or the vaccine hesitant.
Federal public health officials have repeatedly labeled the surge a “pandemic
of the unvaccinated” as a vast majority of hospitalizations and deaths occur
among those who never got a shot.
thehill.com
A glimmer of hope in Washington state
COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations appear to be flattening as vaccinations
rise. But unfortunately, the numbers are
plateauing at their highest levels yet.
Proof of COVID-19 vaccination will be required at indoor bars, wineries,
breweries, nightclubs and lounges in Los Angeles County
Moderna says COVID-19 vaccine protection wanes, makes case for booster
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Commit to Compliance & Embrace Best Practices & Training
Hotlines & Reward Programs Play a Vital Role in Compliance
SEC Issues $114 Million to Two Whistleblowers
SEC whistleblower program has provided more than $1 billion in awards
With the latest awards, the SEC whistleblower program
has paid out more than $1 billion to 207 whistleblowers since issuing its
first award in 2012, the agency said. That marks a
milestone for the SEC whistleblower program
created by the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act.
The SEC announced the awards Wednesday but didn’t name the cases involving two
companies that the awards are connected to and didn’t identify the tipsters, in
keeping with its policy.
Under the program, a whistleblower can receive an award totaling between 10% and
30% of the fines levied in SEC civil enforcement actions or a related agency’s
actions stemming from a tip, assuming the fines total more than $1 million.
“Today’s announcement underscores the important role that whistleblowers play
in helping the SEC detect, investigate and prosecute potential violations of the
securities laws,” SEC Chairman Gary Gensler said in a statement.
Reaching the $1 billion mark is significant for a whistleblower award program
that was only implemented in 2011, said Erika Kelton, a partner at law firm
Phillips & Cohen LLP who represents whistleblowers.
“Because it is that kind of headline-grabbing number, I do think that would
generate and encourage more people to step forward,” she said.
The
awards and the milestone are another reminder that companies need to commit to
compliance and ensure they address issues raised internally, according to
Gregory Keating, a whistleblower defense attorney for employers at law firm
Epstein Becker & Green PC. “For
employers, this is a clarion call that you need to embrace best practices and
training,” he said.
wsj.com
Department Stores - E-Comm - Grocery & Furniture
Drove August Sales
America’s Spending Wave Is Yet to Hit
Retail sales were strong last month despite the Delta variant. What happens
if the Delta threat fades?
The Commerce Department on Thursday reported that
retail sales rose 0.7% in August from a month earlier. Even after taking
account of downward revisions to July sales, that was
far better than the 0.8% decline that economists expected to see.
The gains were fairly broad-based. The three retailing categories that
registered a
sales drop were car dealers, electronics and appliance stores, and a
group that includes stores such as
sporting goods retailers. Those declines were due to
supply-chain problems rather than a Covid-19-inspired damping of
consumers’ willingness to spend.
The one place where the Delta variant did appear to leave a mark was at eating
and drinking establishments,
which were even in August with a month earlier. Travel-related services
categories aren’t included in the retail sales report, but private data show
that spending on flights and hotels also slipped last month.
What Thursday’s report suggests is that rather than clamping down on
their spending, many people may have merely shifted it. Department stores,
nonstore retailers (a category dominated by Amazon.com ), furniture stores and
grocery stores were among those registering significant sales gains.
But if sales can stay solid despite Delta, one can only imagine what might
happen when the virus threat really fades.
wsj.com
The Shipping Crisis Continues
An all-time high of
61 cargo ships are stuck waiting off the California coast,
as shipping ports hit their 4th record backup in three weeks
61 container ships are stuck outside California
ports, worsening shipping delays and costs.
Key
ports in Southern California have
hit a fourth record in less than three weeks, as shipping delays surge
past early pandemic levels.
On Wednesday, 61 cargo ships were stuck at anchor or in drift areas off of Los
Angeles and Long Beach ports. The ports are currently
dealing with 140 total ship in the ports, including 87 freighters,
according to the
Marine Exchange of Southern California.
In late August, the ports hit an all-time high not seen since February, when the
onset of the pandemic and panic-buying wreaked havoc on global supply chains.
The queue is a result of COVID-19-related disruptions, and holiday-buying
surges, paired with a national labor shortage. Port of Los Angeles
data indicates
that ships' average wait times have increased to 8.5 days.
freightwaves.com
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Biden's Stance on Russia Leading to Cybercrime
Crackdown?
Russia is fully capable of shutting down cybercrime
With internet blocks and high-profile arrests, Russia shows it can crack down
on cybercrime when properly motivated. New analysis suggests the Biden
administration’s sanctions may be providing some motivation.
As
a result of a flurry of ransomware attacks that impacted the United States
infrastructure,
the United States hit Russia in April 2021 with both
sanctions and the expulsion of diplomatic/intelligence personnel from the United
States, tying the
diplomatic actions to the criminal actions in a clear and unambiguous signal:
the tolerance of the United States was approaching its end point.
In June, at the summit referenced in Insikt Group’s analysis and then again in
July 2021 when
Biden held a telephone conference call with Putin, a similar message was
delivered, unambiguously, by Biden.
Biden commented to reporters, "I made it very clear to him that the United
States expects, when a ransomware operation is coming from his soil even though
it's not sponsored by the state, we expect them to act if we give them enough
information to act on who that is."
It isn’t as if Russia can’t control their internet gateways across which these
cyber crimes are being committed. To wit: On September 2, 2021, with the Russian
election fast approaching and the efforts of Putin to silence dissent in
overdrive, Roskomnadzor
blocked six
providers of virtual private networks to the Russian market (Hola! VPN,
ExpressVPN, KeepSolid VPN Unlimited, Nord VPN, Speedify VPN, IPVanish VPN); the
organization had previously excluded two others, VyprVPN and OperaVPN.
Roskomnadzor claims they blocked the VPN services due to “illegal activities,
including those related to the distribution of drugs, child pornography,
extremism and suicidal tendencies.”
Russia is fully capable of arresting and prosecuting cyber criminals operating
within their geographic and virtual internet footprint.
The bar is high for instances of cybercrime that will cause the Russian
government to take action. But clearly, two officers facilitating the West’s
investigation into Russian cybercriminals off the record and allegedly for
millions of dollars, met that bar.
Time will tell if the relationship between Russian cybercriminals and the
Russian Federation cyber entities will evolve in a manner that quiets the former
and their criminal activities. If not,
the potential for action by U.S. government entities should be expected.
csoonline.com
Cybercriminals in Lockstep March With You to
the Cloud
How Attackers Invest in Cloud-Focused Cybercrime
Study reveals active underground market for access credentials to tens of
thousands of cloud accounts & resources.
For cybercriminals, the cloud is an environment abundant with poorly secured
enterprise data, applications, and other online assets.
IBM's X-Force threat intelligence team analyzed the cloud threat landscape for a
yearlong period starting in the second quarter of 2020. The team's research
shows attackers have sharply increased their focus on cloud targets as
enterprises accelerated their adoption of SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS over the past
year.
IBM X-Force discovered some 30,000 cloud credentials potentially available for
sale on Dark Web forums. More than 70% of credentials advertised for sale
offered Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) access to cloud resources. Prices for
these credentials ranged from a few dollars to more than $15,000 per credential.
The factors influencing prices for cloud access credentials include the level of
access a credential potentially offers — privileged access credentials were
pricier than those offering less privileged access — and the amount of credit
associated with an account.
Two-thirds of cloud breaches investigated were caused by poorly configured
APIs. IBM incident responders also uncovered virtual machines and other
cloud resources deployed with default security settings, or with
misconfigurations that left them vulnerable to exploits and abuse.
darkreading.com
'Follow the Money' - It's Getting Harder
Understanding the Cryptocurrency-Ransomware Connection
According to Fortinet, by the end of 2020, there were as many as 17,200
devices reporting ransomware each day.
Ransomware was widespread long before cryptocurrency came along, but in recent
years, both have skyrocketed in tandem. Because cryptocurrency is difficult to
trace, cybercriminals have rapidly switched to it as their preferred method for
ransom payments. In fact, DarkSide, the group behind the high-profile attack on
Colonial Pipeline, purportedly
raked in $90 million in Bitcoin ransom payments before
shutting down in May.
So, why is this happening? And what do you need to know? Read on. - The
appeal of cryptocurrency
For bad actors extorting money from victim organizations via ransomware, they
typically had to rely in the past on wire transfer services or other forms of
payment using regular currency. While these got the job done, they also came
with a paper trail – a very traceable paper trail, in most cases. And
that made it easy for the FBI to track the bad actors down.
These days, almost all ransomware attackers demand payments via some form of
cryptocurrency, which makes it a lot harder to identify who the actual person
behind the keyboard is and it doesn’t leave the same kind of paper trail.
It’s also faster – payments can be made almost instantly. For bad actors,
this kind of convenience is a no-brainer.
Cryptocurrency also makes it easier to diversify across payment platforms
and demand payments in several smaller amounts paid out to different digital
wallets, which again all goes back to making it hard for law enforcement to
trace. They can also diversify in terms of the coins and platforms they’re
using.
More options, more bad actors - Putting the brakes on crypto-tied ransomware
plots - Get involved
securityweek.com
Is Your Company Safe from Cyberattacks?
Three ways to keep your organization safe from cyberattacks
Let’s examine three cybersecurity challenges that are seemingly unrelated, but
deeply intertwined below the surface. In each case, the underlying problems
would greatly benefit from a policy of improved communication.
First, we must understand our technology stacks.
This is the collection of IT infrastructure that includes everything from
operating systems and programming languages to servers, data storage,
application monitoring tools, business intelligence solutions, and more. For
CISOs, juggling the vast scale of a tech stack and the attackers using
increasingly sophisticated techniques calls for a new approach to security to
keep systems, data, and devices safe.
Second, we need a new approach to the firehose of information hurtling toward
us.
We’ve all heard the saying that if everything is an emergency, nothing is. We
get alerts from our development platforms, the Continuous Integration system,
the security monitoring tools, even our watches. Somewhat paradoxically, this
world of constant notifications has conditioned us to ignore alerts. Addressing
this issue seems simple—prioritize the notifications that matter—but the sheer
number of alerts and their associated false alarms means thousands of warnings
go unacknowledged, and many companies aren’t as secure as they think they are.
Responding to alerts must become automated, and for that to happen, we must put
systems in place that can scale with the people monitoring for those alerts.
Third, we need to create a culture of follow-through to ensure issues are
resolved. As we saw in
the major breaches this year, seemingly innocuous alerts have the power to start
a chain of events, leading to massive cyberattacks. The attackers who developed
the Sunburst malware spent more than a year inside their target organization
before being identified, highlighting the importance of cooperation and
attention to a proactive cybersecurity program.
helpnetsecurity.com
Register Now for the 2021 RH-ISAC Summit - September 28-29
Hey
LP/AP senior: If your retailer is a member you might want to consider attending
yourself or sending one of your team members who works with cybersecurity on
investigations or e-commerce fraud.
Especially now with the increased ransomware attacks and data beaches and the
corresponding increased attention from law enforcement. Cross pollinating and
building those relationships could pay off long term.
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Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
CPTED for Cannabis Businesses Pt. I
Crime
Prevention Through Environmental Design, or
CPTED, is a
method of crime prevention that involves controlling the area surrounding a
business and creating strong ties with the local community. CPTED, when
practiced effectively, is
one of the most successful
crime prevention applications for any business,
but these strategies can be especially useful for high-risk businesses like
cannabis businesses. Utilizing CPTED is a form of
proactive security that can deter potential criminals before they commit a
crime through facility design and premises management.
First conceptualized in 1971-1972, CPTED can be divided into four key principals
identified as “First Generation”: Territoriality; Natural Surveillance; Image
and Milieu; and Access Control.
CPTED for Cannabis Retail
For cannabis dispensaries who want their properties to
be welcoming to customers
while remaining secure, CPTED can play a major role in their security plan.
Dispensaries can implement CPTED by utilizing
landscaping, keeping their properties free of environmental debris, and
trimming trees and other foliage. This will help them maintain natural
surveillance and generate a positive reputation in their community.
The
parking lots of retailers can be targets of crime if not properly secured
and utilizing CPTED strategies can help deter crime in these areas. Instead of
installing a fence to control access of the perimeter of the business,
dispensaries can implement steel bollards and security glass to protect retail
storefronts. Other security measures include implementing security equipment and
systems (like an alarm system or security guards) to control access.
Additionally, dispensaries have an even greater need to establish territoriality
through community ties since they are more likely to be located in close
proximity to other businesses or residences.
CPTED for Non-Retail Cannabis Businesses
In addition to the strategies outlined for
retailers, cannabis
cultivators and other non-retail businesses can utilize security measures like
perimeter fences or other physical barriers
to control access. Perimeter fencing obscures visibility and physically deters
potential thefts. In addition to fencing, tree lines, large bushes, or existing
buildings can also serve as physical barriers.
sapphirerisk.com
Crime & Cannabis
The effect of legalizing marijuana; Colorado’s warning to New Mexico
In less than six months,
recreational marijuana will be legal in New Mexico. So what changes can New
Mexicans expect in a new world of legal marijuana?
Law enforcement officials in
Colorado have a warning for New Mexico.
Prosecutor George Brauchler was there in the beginning. “What has turned out to
be unpredictably bad, is
the surge in crime, one,
violent crime,” said
Brauchler.
Brauchler was a newly elected district attorney when Colorado first legalized
recreational marijuana. “At the time I thought ‘we’ll spend a lot of time on
cocaine, methamphetamine, fentanyl, which was really starting to catch fire back
in the early 2010s’,” said Brauchler. “That turned out to be crack smoke crazy
because what I ended up having to do was take this senior prosecutor who
runs this organized crime unit
now, more than 50% of her time was dedicated to nothing but illegal marijuana
grows.”
That was eight years ago. “I was not one of the people that said ‘hey legalizing
marijuana is just going to be so very good for Colorado, and my kids.’ I didn’t
believe that and I still don’t believe it,” said Brauchler. “I think the
evidence is there that it has been overall bad.”
According to that evidence,
there are so many killings
that law enforcement agencies have trouble keeping track.
Brauchler says he’s had 16 murder cases related to the illegal transaction of
marijuana. He also added that they have other
cases like assaults and
burglaries that are related to marijuana.
Sheriff Spurlock says these are
sophisticated groups including
cartels and gangs.
Brauchler predicts that New Mexico will also see national and international drug
cartels showing up in the state to do their cultivation and distribution.
Colorado law-enforcement agencies say that one of the unexpected problems with
legal marijuana is that
it actually makes it much
harder for police to crack down on illegal marijuana.
“No longer can they go to the door, and smell marijuana, or even see marijuana
plants in a house, and use that as a vehicle to get inside and continue an
investigation. That’s not enough because those are legal products now,” said
Brauchler.
krqe.com
Criminal Justice Group Calls For Decriminalization Of Marijuana In San Marcos
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Leaked Amazon Recording
Amazon's grocery VP tells employees that recent media coverage of the company's
performance-review system is 'fake news'
Amazon's grocery employees asked sharp questions about its
performance-review system at a meeting.
![](http://d-ddaily.com/images/9-15-21businessinsider3.PNG) Amazon's
grocery vice president had a Trumpian response to
recent reports about the company's opaque performance-review system:
It's "fake news."
That was
Stephenie Landry's answer to an employee-submitted question during last
month's all-hands meeting for Amazon's F3 (Fresh, Food, Fast Grocery) group,
which includes its Fresh grocery, Whole Foods, and Prime Now delivery units,
according to a recording of the meeting obtained by Insider.
The question, which received the most upvotes from employees, asked leadership
to address a recent report about an Amazon internal policy that prevents
managers from notifying employees placed on the company's
performance-improvement plan, called Focus. The questioner said the
secretive process generated "anxiety" and seemed "counterproductive" to helping
employees.
Landry disputed the notion that there was an official policy to secretly put
employees on performance-improvement plans. She said Amazon was transparent
about it and was committed to helping people through the process.
"There are times when folks need extra help, and we are committed to
transparently working with you through that process," Landry said. "It's not fun
when we end up in that position, either as employees or managers.
"But there's no secretive process — fake news," she added.
businessinsider.com
Snapchat hires longtime safety advocate for first global head of platform safety
Snap said that after a long search it hired Jacqueline Beauchere, who will
represent its safety work to regulators, lawmakers and partners and help advise
on new policies and initiatives.
Beauchere was at Microsoft Corp for more than 20 years including as its chief
online safety officer.
reuters.com
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$31M Coupon Fraud Scheme
DOJ: Virginia Beach Couple Sentenced for $31 Million Coupon Fraud Scheme
A
Virginia Beach woman
was sentenced today to 12 years in prison,
following last month’s sentencing of
her husband to over 7 years in
prison, for
perpetrating a counterfeit coupon fraud scheme
that cost retailers and
manufacturers over $31 million in losses.
From approximately April 2017 through May 2020, Lori Ann Talens, 41, operated
a complex scheme using social
media sites and apps
such as Facebook and Telegram to
find groups of coupon
enthusiasts and sell them counterfeit coupons.
Lori Ann Talens, who operated online under the moniker “MasterChef,” used a
computer to design, create, and produce a wide variety of counterfeit coupons in
her Virginia Beach home. These counterfeit
coupons were virtually
indistinguishable from authentic coupons
and were often created with inflated values, far in excess of what an authentic
coupon would offer, in order to receive items from retail for free or for a
greatly reduced price.
As part of the scheme, Lori Ann Talens would
ship the counterfeit coupons
throughout the United States
using the U.S. Postal Service and other commercial parcel delivery services. She
accepted payment for the counterfeit coupons through a variety of online payment
methods, including Bitcoin and Paypal.
Lori Ann’s husband, Pacifico
Talens, 43, was aware
of the counterfeit coupon scheme, profited from it, and
assisted in the operation by
shipping packages of counterfeit coupons and performing other administrative
tasks at the direction of his wife.
The scheme was discovered when
one of the Talens’s customers
reported them to the
Coupon Information Center (CIC).
Federal law enforcement executed a search warrant on their residence. During the
search, agents seized
nearly $1 million worth of counterfeit coupons
from the residence. Furthermore, a review of the Talens’s computer
revealed images for over
13,000 separate and distinct counterfeit coupon designs.
The CIC reviewed these images and compared them to the known counterfeit coupons
in circulation. The analysis concluded that coupon redemptions using the 13,000
counterfeit designs on the
couple’s computer had caused
approximately $31,817,997 million in losses to retailers and manufacturers.
justice.gov
$4M Gift Card Scam
Colleyville, TX: $4 million gift card scam started in Colleyville, ends in
woman’s arrest
The woman allegedly
redeemed cards totaling more than $1.2 million over the summer.
A
28-year-old woman is under arrest after her alleged role in a $4 million gift
card scam whose first victim was a Colleyville man. Lin Qiu, a Chinese national
who was living in Plano, was
part of an organized crime ring that conned elderly victims into buying an
estimated $4 million in gift cards that were then redeemed by the
criminals, prosecutors told KXAS-TV (NBC5).
The case began in Colleyville, when a 78-year-old man responded to a fraudulent
email from Apple. He called a toll-free number on the email and the person on
the phone accessed the man’s phone and computer remotely, according to the
station, and was scammed out of $400.
Walmart fraud investigators
also got involved, telling police they detected a “very large suspected fraud
and money laundering case” in Collin, Dallas, Denton and Tarrant counties,
according to the station. The company was “alarmed” that thousands of cards that
were purchased from across the country were all being redeemed in North Texas,
often soon after they were bought, NBC5 reported.
Court documents show Qiu
personally redeemed 2,000 Walmart shopping and gift cards over the summer,
according to NBC5, with a value of over $1.2 million.
Qiu was arrested on charges of
engaging in organized crime, theft, money laundering and exploitation of the
elderly, according to the station, and is being held on a $500,000 bond.
dallasnews.com
Serial BB Gun Robber Gets 72 Months Fed Prison
DOJ: San Bernardino Man Who Robbed 28 Food and Retail Stores During Five-Month
Crime Spree Sentenced to 6 Years in Federal Prison
A San Bernardino man who robbed more than two dozen retail and fast-food stores
during a five-month span in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties was
sentenced today to 72 months in federal prison. David Sanchez, 41, pleaded
guilty on June 21 to two counts of interference with commerce by robbery.
From November 2020 to April
2021, Sanchez robbed 28 fast food restaurants and retail stores. In each
robbery, he brandished what appeared to be a firearm – but
was in fact a BB gun –
and demanded money from the cash registers.
The robberies netted a total
of at least $3,853.
Sanchez admitted in his plea agreement to robbing stores and food shops in
Lynwood, Long Beach, South Gate, San Bernardino, Palmdale, Compton, Whittier,
Fontana and Bellflower. The robberies targeted Walgreens, Circle K, Little
Caesar’s Pizza, Subway, El Rey Supermarket, Lynwood Farmer’s Market, Family
Dollar Store, Starbucks, Domino’s Pizza and Dollar Tree outlets.
justice.gov
Update: Queens, NY: JFK Chanel, Gucci heist accomplice pleads guilty
A
man pleaded guilty to charges for his involvement in a designer clothing cargo
heist at John F. Kennedy Airport last year, Queens District Attorney Malinda
Katz announced this week. Manhattan resident David Lacarriere, 34, was charged
with criminal possession of stolen property in the first degree after being
caught with thousands of Gucci and Chanel items worth $2.5 million — only a
portion of the more than $4 million in gear taken from a warehouse at the
airport. “Our airports must be safe for travelers. JFK Airport, an international
trade hub, must also be secure for companies that transport vital air cargo to
our region - especially during the height of this healthcare pandemic - when our
City relied on air cargo for food and medical supplies,” Katz said.
Lacarriere was allegedly part of a crew that gained access to the warehouse in
May of 2020 using forged air cargo shipment receipts and impersonating a truck
driver to get onto the grounds. Designer jewelry, bags, clothing, sneakers and
other accessories in the shipment were carted off site. Port Authority police
found the container in Maspeth more than a week later, which contained only
shipping pallets, wrapping material and display cases doused in bleach.
Police recovered more than
3,000 authentic Gucci items and 1,000 Chanel items from Lacarriere’s home
after executing a search warrant. He returns to court for sentencing on Oct. 26
and faces 5 and a half to 11 years in prison. He had previously pleaded not
guilty. After the breach, the Port Authority and the Transportation Security
Administration worked to update security including barriers limiting access of
unauthorized individuals at JFK.
queenseagle.com
Stafford Township, NJ: Police arrest 2 serial Shoplifters hitting Home Depot,
Target and Kohl’s; $2500 of merchandise recovered
DuBois, PA: Man accused of stealing more than $1,700 worth of items from Walmart
Houston, TX: 6 pairs of $200 jeans walked out of west Houston western wear store
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Shootings & Deaths
Raleigh, NC: Police investigating after man shot multiple times, killed outside
Club Amnesia
A man was shot multiple times and killed outside a nightclub in Raleigh on
Thursday morning, according to police. Officers responded to a shooting at
approximately 3:25 a.m. at a strip mall in the 1600-block of N. Market Drive,
just outside the Interstate 440 Beltline. Once at the scene, police located a
man who had been shot multiple times. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to a CBS 17 crew at the scene, police have an area of the shopping
center outside Club Amnesia closed off and a body is in the parking lot. No
suspect information is currently available. This shooting was the second one on
Thursday morning. Earlier, around 2:30 a.m., a man and woman were shot outside
The Bison Bar on E. Whitaker Mill Road. One victim was shot in the head and the
other was shot in the neck, police said. Authorities have not said if they
believe the two shootings are related or not.
cbs17.com
Salem, MA: Man indicted on Murder charge for causing Saugus crash that killed
teenager
A
Massachusetts man has been indicted on a murder charge for causing a head-on,
wrong-way crash in Saugus that killed a teenager, according to the Essex
District Attorney's Office. An Essex County grand jury indicted 35-year-old
William Leger, of Somerville, on multiple charges Wednesday morning in
connection with the crash that happened three months ago. Leger was indicted one
count each of murder, manslaughter, motor vehicle homicide, unarmed robbery and
subsequent offenses of receiving a stolen motor vehicle and operating with a
suspended license.
Authorities say Saugus Police were dispatched shortly before 10:50 a.m. on June
9 to the 7-Eleven on Lincoln Ave. for a report of an unarmed robbery.
While they were traveling to the convenience store, a description of the
suspect's vehicle was relayed to officers. A Saugus police officer spotted the
suspect's vehicle traveling east on Ballard Street and attempted to stop the
suspect, later identified as Leger. Leger then fled and led the officer on a
brief pursuit, authorities say.
Police immediately ended their pursuit when Leger turned onto Route 107 and
began traveling south in the northbound lanes.
About a half of a mile south, Leger's vehicle collided with another vehicle. The
crash killed Ashley Forward, a 19-year-old from Lynn.
wcvb.com
Walnut Creek, CA: Couple Leave Restaurant Without Paying Before
Firing Gun Outside
Police in Walnut Creek on Tuesday released surveillance videos that show a
couple who tried to leave a restaurant without paying their bill before the male
suspect fired shots outside the establishment as they drove off. According to a
Facebook post by the Walnut Creek Police Department that included a pair of
surveillance video clips, the two suspects dined together at the Modern China
restaurant on North Main Street before they tried to leave the premises without
paying for their meal. The female suspect exited the restaurant before the male
suspect, getting into their car and pulled the vehicle in front of the
restaurant to pick up the male suspect. An employee at Modern China followed the
male suspect across the street and confronted him about the bill before the male
paid in cash. After paying, the male grabbed a gun that was in passenger side of
the vehicle and fired three shots as the car was driving away. As the
confrontation was occurring, the female suspect behind the wheel was yelling at
the male suspect to hurry up and get in the car so they could leave. No one was
hit or injured by the gunfire, police said.
sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com
Robberies,
Incidents & Thefts
Fort Worth, TX: 4 Stabbed During Jewelry Store Robbery
Four people were stabbed during a robbery at a jewelry store in Fort Worth
Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 15. It happened at a shop in La Gran Plaza on the
South Freeway near Seminary Drive around 4:15 p.m. MedStar said the victims have
minor injuries. Police said a suspect is in custody. One of the victims went to
the hospital with a non-life threatening injury.
dfw.cbslocal.com
Houston,
TX: Search for suspects seen robbing Citi Trends at gunpoint
Police are searching for two suspects caught on camera robbing a store Monday in
northeast Houston. The robbery was reported around 8:50 p.m. in the 1000 block
of Federal. Houston police said the two men, one of them armed with an assault
rifle, walked into the Citi Trends and went toward the cash register where they
demanded cash from the drawers. Police said the suspects fled the scene. They
were caught on surveillance video during the robbery.
click2houston.com
Flagler County, FL: Palm Coast Teen arrested in front of High School after Armed
Robbery of GameStop
A 15-year-old juvenile was arrested on Tuesday at the front gate to Flagler Palm
Coast High School after he used a fake gun to rob a GameStop at a nearby
shopping center, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office. The
15-year-old boy was charged with armed robbery, petit theft, and violation of
probation and was turned over to the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice,
according to the release from the Sheriff’s Office. The News-Journal is not
naming the boy because he hasn't been charged as an adult.
news-journalonline.com
Rome, NY: Third employee charged in scheme to embezzle $20,000 from Domino’s
A third employee at the Domino’s Pizza in Rome has been charged in a scheme to
embezzle more than $20,000, according to law enforcement officials. Police said
Mindy L. Dosztan, 31, was an employee at the pizzeria who worked with Carlton G.
Fancher and Michelle L. Champion to steal $20,909 from the business in late
2019. The law enforcers said Dosztan was the store manager at the time. Police
said the theft was discovered when the owners of the pizzeria audited their
financial records and uncovered the missing funds. Dosztan was charged on
Tuesday with one count of third-degree grand larceny, police stated. Fancher and
Champion were charged with the same crime last month. Dosztan is scheduled to
appear in City Court to answer the charges according to the law enforcement
authorities.
romesentinel.com
Clayton, NC: Pawn Shop Employee charged with 47 counts of Larceny
Police have arrested a worker at a local pawn shop on 47 counts of felonious
larceny by an employee. On September 9th, Clayton Police responded to Clayton
Gold-N-Pawn to investigate a report of money being stolen from the business.
Police determined 47 separate thefts had occurred since January 2021, totaling
$5,200.
jocoreport.com
Romanian National Sentenced to 54 Months in Prison for Role in $1.5M ATM
Skimming Conspiracy
TRENTON, N.J., Dorinel Trofin, 47, a Romanian national was sentenced today to 54
months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to steal bank account information
from thousands of customers by installing secret card-reading devices and
pinhole cameras on ATMs throughout New Jersey and elsewhere.
Trofin previously acknowledged that he and his conspirators created bank cards
using the fraudulently obtained account information, which they used to
unlawfully withdraw large amounts of cash from various ATMs. The scheme, which
involved actual and attempted losses exceeding $1.5 million dollars, impacted
over 1,000 bank customers.
justice.gov
Killeen, TX: Police arrests man wanted in string of aggravated robberies in
Temple and McGregor
Fresno, CA: 19-year-old arrested for series of Armed Robberies in northwest and
central Fresno
Autauga County, AL: Armed suspects wanted after 2 businesses targeted for
burglary
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C-Store –
Marshalltown, IA – Robbery
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C-Store –
Marshalltown, IA – Robbery
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C-Store – Tulsa, OK –
Armed Robbery
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C-Store –
Bennettsville, SC – Armed Robbery
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C-Store -Autauga
County, AL – Burglary
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C-Store – San Marcos,
TX – Armed Robbery
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C-Store – Blackstone,
MA – Armed Robbery
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C-Store – Turlock, CA
– Armed Robbery
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C-Store – Turlock, CA
– Armed Robbery
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Clothing – Houston, TX
– Armed Robbery
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Collectables –
Altoona, PA – Armed Robbery
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Dollar General –
Raleigh, NC – Armed Robbery
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Dollar General –
Bennettsville, SC – Robbery
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Furniture –
Goodlettsville, TN – Robbery
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GameStop – Flagler
County, FL – Armed Robbery
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Jewelry – Fort Worth,
TX – Armed Robbery
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Jewelry – Edinburgh, IN – Robbery
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Jewelry – San Diego, CA – Robbery
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Liquor – Huntsville,
AL – Armed Robbery
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Restaurant – Autauga
County, AL – Burglary
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Restaurant – Lincoln,
NE – Armed Robbery
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Restaurant – Saratoga
County, NY - Burglary (McDonald’s)
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Shoe – Melrose, CA –
Armed Robbery
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Shopping Center –
Reedley, CA – Burglary
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Vape – Covington, WA –
Burglary
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Asset Protection Lead
Hudson Valley, NY
- posted September 13
Responsible for protecting the assets of the company and ensuring a safe
environment for our employees and customers. Utilizes the tools and resources
available to initiate and follow through on internal investigations. Work
closely with store management to increase LP awareness...
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District Loss Prevention Manager
Macedonia, OH
- posted September 9
The District Loss Prevention Manager develops and implements the Loss Prevention
program for their market. The DLPM is responsible for driving results through
achievement of goals related to inventory shortage, budget lines, cash variance
and operational compliance...
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District Asset Protection Manager
Burlington, MA
- posted September 1
The District Asset Protection Manager is responsible for mitigating safety and
security related risks for the organization through the implementation of
programs, procedures, policies and training. This role promotes a safe store
environment while addressing and minimizing loss caused by shrink, theft and
fraud in assigned stores, across multiple locations...
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LP Manager - Distribution Center (Temporary)
Carteret, NJ
- posted August 20
As we commence relocating our operations to our brand new facility in
Piscataway, NJ you will be assigned to the Carteret location to insure company
Loss Prevention and Operational compliance are met. You will work with the
Piscataway Loss Prevention Manager as well as the Director of Loss Prevention
and Distribution Management in maintaining a safe and secure facility as
operations are transferred...
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Asset Protection Associate
Charlotte, NC
- posted August 10
The Asset Protection Associate (APA) is responsible for the detection,
apprehension, or deterrence of customer and associate activity that could result
in a loss to Ralph Lauren. APAs are also responsible for ensuring a safe
environment for all customers, associates, and vendors...
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Corporate Security Manager
Calabasas, CA
- posted August 13
The Corporate Security Manager will, among other things, (a) be
responsible for ensuring a safe and secure environment for our employees,
vendors, and visitors, (b) develop, manage, execute and continuously improve
corporate security processes and protocols, and (c) lead a team of security
specialists at our corporate offices...
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Area Loss Prevention Manager
Pittsburgh, PA and/or Cleveland,
OH
- posted July 30
Our Area Loss Prevention Managers ensure safe and secure stores through the
objective identification of loss and risk opportunities. Our Area Loss
Prevention Managers plan and prioritize to provide an optimal customer
experience to their portfolio of stores. They thrive on supporting and building
high performance teams that execute with excellence...
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Regional Manager LP, Audit & Firearms Compliance
Indianapolis, IN
- posted July 21
The Central Regional Loss Prevention Manager is responsible for the control and
reduction of shrinkage at the stores in their Territory and the company’s
Distribution Centers. Investigate and resolves all matters that jeopardize or
cause a loss to the company’s assets...
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Senior AP Operations Manager, Supply Chain
Albany, OR
- posted July 14
As a Senior Assets Protection Operations Manager (SAPOM), you’ll manage a
multi-level team comprised of both exempt AP leaders and non-exempt AP Security
Specialists responsible for the execution of Assets Protection routines and
initiatives to support secure environments and protect Target’s profitability...
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Featured Jobs
JOB TITLE |
COMPANY |
CITY/STATE |
DATE
ADDED |
Vice President |
VP of AP |
Bath & Body Works |
Columbus, OH |
September 13 |
VP of Risk Mgmt & Safety |
Bowlero Corp. |
Mechanicsville, VA |
September 7 |
VP, Risk Management |
YRC Worldwide |
Overland Park, KS |
August 9 |
Director |
LP Dir. |
2nd Ave LLC |
Bensalem, PA |
August 30 |
Dir. LP |
Ashley Furniture |
Advance, NC |
September 7 |
Associate Dir. LP |
Chewy |
Wilkes-Barre, PA |
July 28 |
LP Director |
The Company, Retail Gas Stations |
Upland, CA |
August 9 |
AP Supply Chain Dir. |
CVS Health |
Conroe, TX |
September 2 |
Sr. Dir. Global Security |
eBay |
San Jose, CA |
July 19 |
Sr. Dir. Physical Security & LP |
Fanatics |
USA (Remote) |
July 27 |
Dir. AP/Risk Management |
Ferragamo USA |
Secaucus, NJ |
August 20 |
Director - AP Investigations (Remote) |
Gap Inc. |
U.S. |
July 27 |
Safety & LP Associate Dir. |
Goodwill of Southern Arizona |
Tucson, AZ |
August 23 |
Dir. Safety/Risk Mgmt.
|
Goodwill of SE Louisiana |
New Orleans, LA |
April 2 |
Dir. AP & Safety |
Goodwill of Orange County |
Santa Ana, CA |
September 8 |
Dir. of Safety |
Ocean State Job Lot |
North Kingstown, RI |
June 1 |
Executive Dir. AP |
Panda Restaurant Group |
Rosemead, CA |
January 28 |
Dir. Organizational Safety & Security |
Ross Stores |
Dublin, CA |
September 7 |
Dir. Safety |
Southeastern Grocers |
Jacksonville, FL |
September 13 |
Dir. Compliance & Risk Mgmt |
U.S. Marine Corps |
Oceanside, CA |
September 13 |
Dir. AP |
Walgreens |
Chantilly, VA |
August 20 |
Dir. AP & Safety |
Weis
Markets |
Sunbury, PA |
September 7 |
Corporate/Senior Manager |
AP Mgr of Investigations & Supply Chain |
Belk |
Charlotte, NC |
August 30 |
Sr. Mgr, Field AP |
Carvana |
U.S. |
July 30 |
Sr. Analyst Profit Protection |
Chico's FAS |
Fort Myers, FL |
July 30 |
Sr. Mgr Supply Chain AP |
Home Depot |
Atlanta, GA |
August 10 |
Sr. Mgr Environmental Health Safety |
Home Depot |
Atlanta, GA |
May 14 |
Mgr, Corp. Security Life & Safety |
Ross Stores |
New York, NY |
September 13 |
Sr. Mgr Fraud |
Saks OFF 5th |
New York, NY |
August 20 |
Sr. Manager LP ORC |
Ulta Beauty |
Bolingbrook, IL |
September 8 |
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mentee brings mentoring to the relationship as well because we all learn from
each other no matter what role we play. And while you may be reluctant or just
feel time-strapped, try giving it a chance even for a short time and see what
happens. As the old expression goes, one person can make a difference and you
could help a fellow LP executive grow beyond their own expectations and, in
having helped the number of people we've helped in our mere search role, I for
one can say there is no better feeling in the world than helping someone reach
beyond! That's what has actually kept me doing what I do for all these years!
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