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...
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...
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’...
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 ...
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...
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 ar...
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 investigati...
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...