Tag: card fraud
Arrests Made in Elaborate Credit Card Fraud Operation in Thailand
An elaborate credit card fraud ring operating in Thailand was uncovered following the arrest of two Chinese tourists trying to buy gold on New...
Facebook Users Being Lured into Internet Fraud Operations
Gullible teenagers from across the United Kingdom are being lured through Facebook to assist criminal operations involved in identity theft, hacking scams and other...
Police Seize Nearly 500 iPhones in Gift Card Fraud Investigation
Officials with the Tigard Police Department in Tigard, Oregon, recently began a gift card fraud investigation into a possible organized retail theft incident that...
Mobile Payments: The New Retail Revolution
There has been much written over the past several years about the new connected consumer. Pressure on retailers may never be greater to deliver...
Loss Prevention at Automated Retail Giant Outerwall
You’ve likely rented a DVD from a Redbox or cashed in your penny jar at the Coinstar kiosk at your neighborhood grocery store. But...
Target Corp. Reaches New Settlement Over 2013 Data Breach
Target Corp. has agreed to pay more than $39 million to resolve class-action claims from financial lenders that suffered losses after the company’s massive...
Credit Card Fraud Scheme Allegedly Used to Support Terrorism
Two pairs of brothers allegedly conspired to raise money through a credit card fraud scheme and deliver the funds to an al Qaida leader...
Aligning a Loss Prevention Program with the Lowe’s Customer Experience
EDITOR'S NOTE: Claude R. Verville, LPC, is vice president of loss prevention, safety, and hazmat at Lowe's Companies, Inc. He joined Lowe's loss prevention...
$300,000 in T.J.Maxx, Marshalls Gift Cards Cloned in Internal Fraud Scheme
The U.S. Secret Service is investigating an alleged internal fraud scheme involving a member of the company’s loss prevention team and a cohort that...
Former Home Depot Employees Sentenced to Prison for Identity Theft
Two former employees of The Home Depot have been sentenced to federal prison for their role in an identity theft scheme that involved stealing...