Yuma AZ June 19 2018 23-year-old Walmart shopper is accused of making fraudulent returns at more than 1,000 of the chain’s stores across the country. Thomas Frudaker was arrested Wednesday. Officials said he made $1.3 million worth of fraudulent returns at Walmart stores. Suspicion arose when Frudaker attempted to return a computer at a Walmart in […]
Charlotte NC June 19 2018 Retailers have had enough of the fraudulent refunds, organized retail crime and scammers who steal from their stores and then return the merchandise for cash and now they’re tracking frequent returns made by these scammers. Amazon, Best Buy, Home Depot, Victoria’s Secret, and other companies are tracking shoppers’ returns […]
Indianapolis IN June 17 2018 The sentencing of three people who committed over $1 million in return fraud at Amazon points to a cottage industry of bogus returns. Earlier this month, United States Attorney Josh Minkler announced that three individuals were sentenced up to 71 months for defrauding Amazon out of $1.2 million in consumer […]
PORT ANGELES WA June 13 2018 — Two Port Angeles residents allegedly stole more than $1,300 worth of infant formula from Safeway stores in Port Angeles and Sequim last week to sell at $8 a tub, Sequim police said. Kirsten M. Ivliyev, 25, and Jordan J. Pinheiro, 21, had their first court appearance Monday on charges […]
Lexington KY June 2 2018 More than two dozen people were charged and more than $4,900 was recovered in a three-day undercover police crackdown on shoplifting at major Lexington stores. After working with retail loss prevention in local stores from May 16 to May 18, detectives arrested 27 people and cited eight more on charges of […]
Charlotte NC May 31 2018 Shoplifting Continues to Rise – 8 of Past 10 Years According to Jack L. Hayes International’s 30th Annual Retail Theft Survey Over 432,000 shoplifters and dishonest employees were apprehended in 2017 by just 21 large retailers who recovered over $188 million from these thieves, according to the 30th Annual Retail […]
BOCA RATON, FL May 30 2018 Jessica Moreno of Clear Brook Circle in West Boca remains in the Palm Beach County Jail Sunday morning — charged with several counts of running a potentially major shoplifting operation. Moreno, according to jail records, is charged with “larceny — coordinate others in the retail theft of over $3,000, larceny […]
Jacksonville FL May 30 2018 The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office has successfully arrested eight people in connection with an organized retail theft ring that they believe stole more than $500,000 worth of merchandise. Following a two-year investigation which involved undercover officers, police arrested Natasha Soukseunchay, Latoya Shurman, Jennifer Upton, Chiquita Moorehead, Brian Harris, Deedra Berry, Dantavia […]
BUTLER COUNTY OH May 29 2018 Local police agencies are now acting regionally to make arrests when thieves target retail stores. What at one time may have been investigated as a singular shoplifting crime is now being looking at on a broader scale, officials said. Last week, a suspect in a rifle theft from Cabela’s in West […]
ORLANDO, Fla .May 14 2018 – A suspect who was shot by Orlando police officers Monday afternoon at the Colonial Plaza shopping center died after driving away from the scene, Orlando police Chief John Mina said. Mina said the officers had been responding to a traffic crash around 12:30 p.m. in the parking lot at the […]