Submitted by Jason Gonzales, CVS ORC
Investigator
CVS ORC Investigators with Palmdale Sherriff's (Calif)
"hit the mother load" and busted ORC ring
Over the course of the past year, the ring had
stolen $250,000-$300,000 of high-end merchandise
from CVS Pharmacies in the Los Angeles County
area. Those involved in the burglaries took
cosmetics and products from the stores then
resold them at swap meets. "They got away with
this for about a year and a half," Kennedy said
as deputies carried boxes and trash bags filled
with expensive items from the house. When the
couple stole about $11,000 of merchandise two
nights ago from the Arleta store, detectives
decided to pay a visit to the couple’s home. The
deputies also visited a storage unit belonging
to the couple where they found more stolen
merchandise. CVS security had been working on
finding and breaking up the ring for a year, but
when the ring began operating in Antelope
Valley, security teamed up with Palmdale
Sheriff’s Station detectives who spent a month
and a half on the case. (Source
avnewstodayonline.com)
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5 Nashville residents busted for hitting Wal-Mart stores
for $700,000 using bad checks to purchase prepaid debit
cards in Tennessee and five other states.
According to the indictment, the group’s scheme involved
presenting checks to Wal-Mart cashiers with a note
attached to it directing the cashier to process the
check as cash. The note would be signed “CSM” to mislead
cashiers into thinking it had been signed by a customer
service manager. The checks were stolen or written on
closed accounts, according to the indictment, and were
used to purchase prepaid debit cards, usually in the
amount of $900. (Source
timesfreepress.com)
 More
on the $6 million Box-stuffing crew busted last week.
Originally published before the holidays that police had
busted a few of them, and pulled off the Daily at the
request of police while they were still pursuing some of
the crew, the case is bigger than the reported $6
million according to our sources. And had been operating
for years all over the country with a number of LP
executives from numerous retailers involved in the
investigation nationwide. This was a major case for our
industry and quite frankly didn't get the coverage the
size warranted. Here's some video released last week
with the story. (source
10news.com)
2 ORC ring leaders convicted for $100,000 theft ring
hitting Lowe's stores They led a theft
ring that would steal high-value items from Lowe's
stores in Washington and four other states and use
altered drivers licenses in their fraud. Seven members
of the conspiracy were originally charged. Five pleaded
guilty prior to trial and most will be sentenced later
this year. According to records in the case and
testimony at trial, members of the conspiracy would
steal items, such as expensive faucets, from Lowe’s
stores by placing them in large boxes for sinks or
toilets. The conspirators would leave the store paying
only the lower price for the sink or toilet. In the
ensuing weeks, members of the conspiracy would return
the stolen items to different Lowe’s stores throughout
Arizona, Oregon, California, Oklahoma and Washington, in
exchange for gift cards. Lowe’s security, however, was
able to detect the activities of the ring and worked
with the U.S. Secret Service and King County Sheriff’s
Office detectives to investigate their activities. Great
Job Lowe's ORC team. (Source
kentreporter.com) |
