Tag: fraud
Is Return Fraud the fastest growing crime in America?
According to recent research Return Fraud has grown 25% over the last 12 months, making it one of the fastest growing threats in North...
Reorganizing the Retail Loss Prevention and Asset Protection Teams at Staples
Dan Provost, LPC, is vice president of global loss prevention for Staples. His retail career began more than 25 years ago as a store...
A Tale of Holiday Returns
Returns peaked again on Dec. 26 at 11:15 a.m. PST/2:15 p.m. EST., this is the same time returns peaked last year. It’s clear lunchtime...
Crisis Management and the Wendy’s 99 Cents Chili Incident
In March 2005 police were called to a California restaurant to investigate a woman’s allegation that she had found a partial human finger in a bowl of chili. Over the next days and weeks, a hoax perpetrated against Wendy’s became national news, coffee-break conversation, and fodder for late-night comedians. The learnings from this event are still relevant today.
Red, White, and Blue: A Manufacturing and Loss Prevention Department Revolution
This article from 2012 examines the development of American Apparel’s unique asset protection and loss prevention department.Â
No company quite like American Apparel exists in...
Along with Holiday Shoplifting Thefts, Organized Retail Crime Rings Also Increase
After more than $50,000 worth of shoplifted merchandise vanished from store shelves, Central Florida supermarkets were left to wonder how that shoplifting loss could...
$41,000 Worth of Counterfeit Goods Seized in Puerto Rico
Federal officials from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently seized 10,000 counterfeit dolls in Puerto Rico after the toys arrived in a shipment...
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...
What is Your Retail Loss Prevention New Year’s Resolution?
New Year’s resolutions come and go every January. Some of the most popular resolutions include:
1. Lose weight
2. Get in shape
3. Quit smoking
4. Learn something...
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...