Val RyanSep 14, 20183 minState Governments and Retailers Work Together To Address The National Opioid CrisisRetail crime and gift card fraud has been linked to the opioid crisis as a funding mechanism for addiction across the country. (CNBC News Article) Gift cards...
Dallas KingstonJul 9, 20182 minFIGHTING ORC WITH PURPOSE AND PARTNERSHIPKristina Stewart July 05, 2017 Charles Anderson, executive director of the Twin Cities Organized Retail Crime Association, began “Rise of the ORCAs: Crime Fi...
Leslie TurnerMay 23, 20185 minNew Tennessee Retail Crime Lawhttps://legiscan.com/TN/text/SB1717/id/1801820 PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 993 SENATE BILL NO. 1717 By Briggs, Massey, Bowling, Swann, Bailey, Haile, Jackson, Watsonn...
Val RyanMay 7, 20181 minYoung Adults In The Crisis, Where Is It Going? A few years ago, it wasn’t necessarily uncommon to see adolescents and young adults misusing opioids. It wasn’t even that unusual to see them mixing them wit...
Val RyanMar 13, 20182 minIt Is Not Just the Addicted Who Suffer Repercussions are felt beyond the addicted individuals. It extends to children, the elderly and to places you would not normally think would be impacted lik...
Dallas KingstonDec 13, 20175 minMan's scam turned Home Depot thefts into gift cardsUSA TODAY NETWORKL.L. Brasier, Detroit Free Press Published 11:01 a.m. ET Oct. 6, 2015 PONTIAC, Mich. — You might call Adelbert Ackerman’s business model a b...
Leslie TurnerNov 29, 20174 minTennessee White PaperRichard M. Briggs, MD Tennessee State Senate📷 📷 Earlier this year, Tennessee declared a state of emergency due to the opioid crisis. With all levels of...
Val RyanNov 20, 20171 minWho "Gets" An Opioid AddictionOpioid addiction can affect anyone, even a doctor with knowledge on the subject, but it seems that even adolescents are feeling the brunt of this epidemic. A...
Dallas KingstonNov 20, 20173 minOKC gift card store owner faces decades of prison, fines and millions of dollars of restitutJACK MONEY Published: Sat, November 4, 2017 5:00 AM The owner of what once was a sizable gift cards store in Oklahoma City that played a major role in defrau...
Dallas KingstonAug 2, 20177 minOrganized offensive: Law enforcement, retailers combat retail crimeBy Mike Longaecker When shoppers drive the Walmart parking lot, they're usually after one thing: empty spaces. Jordan Ziebarth scouts for the exact opposite....
Dallas KingstonJul 24, 20173 minMentor retail theft detail leads to drop in drug-related crimesBetsy Scott - News Herald Mentor police set out to thwart drug-related retail theft with a pilot program launched in 2015. Now results are showing a correlat...
Dallas KingstonMar 22, 20171 minFederal agents raid OKC gift card store amid fraud claimsJonathan Cooper Reporter OKLAHOMA CITY — Federal investigators raided a northwest Oklahoma City store as part of an ongoing investigation into fraud. Agent...
Val RyanFeb 22, 20171 minAddiction: How Do They Afford It?You often hear about drug addicts asking for money or even stealing from family members to fund their addictions. Drug addicts will do much more than steal f...
Val RyanDec 14, 20161 minCopy of The Opioid Crisis - Why You Should CareThe opioid crisis affects more of our lives than what many would expect. An obvious issue is the devastation of the lives lost. There are 115 overdoses a day...
Dallas KingstonAug 16, 20166 minGift Card Fraud: How It’s Committed and Why It’s So LucrativeGift cards have caused quite a headache for retailers in the last month, exposing another way that fraudulent activity can eat into razor-thin profit margins...
