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Picture: Assemblyman Michael Cusick speaks during the press conference.

Staten Island's Michael Cusick looks to combat organized shoplifting rings. Speaking at a press conference yesterday, the Staten Island lawmaker said he's sponsoring a half-dozen bills to combat organized shoplifting. "This is more than just shoplifting," Cusick said. "These are professional crews that go by the name of 'boosting crews' in some places. They have a list of what they're supposed to get." (Source silive.com)

Around 60 million euro has been stolen from bank accounts in a massive cyber raid on 60 banks. The stolen money was then sent to so-called mule accounts in caches of a few hundreds and 100,000 euro at a time. "The fraudsters' objective in these attacks is to siphon large amounts from high balance accounts, hence the name chosen for this research - Operation High Roller," said a joint report by software security firm McAfee and Guardian Analytics. (Source sky.com)

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