Tag: fraud
Analytics
Without consciously realizing it, and certainly without having made a conscious decision to pursue it, we as a society find ourselves living in a...
Outplaced: Committing Loss Prevention Suicide?
This year I will turn sixty-six years old and intend to retire after over thirty-six years in academia, including thirty-three years at the University...
EMV: Not the End of Fraud, But a Helpful Tool
Fraud and cyber security have never been more on the forefront of asset protection professionals' list of things that keep them up at night...
Changing Roles and Challenges in Loss Prevention
Interviewee Bios
Stacie Bearden
Director of Asset Protection, Field
The Home Depot
Bearden is responsible for the field organization's theft and fraud including Home Depot's organized retail crime...
How a Public-Private Partnership Can Change Community Policing
How can the quality of the law enforcement services provided not be impacted during these hard economic times? For the Albuquerque (NM) Police Department,...
LP101: Identity Theft
Identity theft involves the unauthorized or illegal use of key elements of another individual’s personal information (social security numbers, driver’s license numbers, birth dates,...
Credit Card Fraud: Some Bad Guys DO Get Caught
Kamali Rives of Lilburn, Georgia, and his partners ran multiple credit card fraud and identity theft schemes and ultimately stole over $2 million dollars....
Racial Profiling: We Can No Longer Just Turn Our Heads
“There are very few African-American men in this country who haven't had the experience of being followed when they were shopping in a department...
Recent Moves and Promotions Underscore the Versatility of Loss Prevention Professionals
Leadership is a product of many different qualities that allow us to stand up and stand out. Yet one of the most important qualities...