Tag: fraud

The retail world's embrace of self-checkout systems, heralded as a beacon of progress and efficiency, has inadvertently opened Pandora's box.

The recent court conviction of cryptocurrency exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried on charges of fraud and conspiracy related to the collapse of FTX has heightened the critical need for the next generation of fraud investigators to possess advanced technical skills.

Around the holidays, organized retail crime (ORC) and retail theft increase due to various reasons. Learn more in this article on how to avoid loss and other complications.

The holiday season is the busiest time of the year for many retailers and present major loss prevention and security challenges. Learn more on how to stay on top of the problem in this article.

In this white paper, Michael Leithner, retail loss prevention specialist at TransUnion, explores how the right tools can transform data into actionable insights that retail loss prevention teams can use to fight fraud and reduce shrink.

In the final episode of LPM’s  Inside Scoop with a Fraudster Podcast featuring Alexander Hall and Stefanie Hoover, the two discuss the frightening reality of identity theft, and how to conquer it.

In episode three of LPM's Inside Scoop with a Fraudster podcast series, Stefanie Hoover, CFI and Alex Hall talk about why check fraud is still a viable fraud method—and one that can do a lot of damage to retailers.

Retail fraudsters are always coming up with new ways to sneak unpaid merchandise out of stores, making it hard to proactively mitigate losses.

Refund fraud is a major concern across all retailers. It is a favorite methodology of organized retail crime rings, whether via returning items they just plucked off the shelf, buying a premium item and returning a cheap knockoff for a full refund, or one of many other schemes.

Episode Two of the Inside Scoop with a Fraudster podcast continues the revealing conversation between LP Magazine's Stefanie Hoover and Alexander Hall.