Walmart touts AI for fraudulent marketplace seller detection
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Walmart touts AI for fraudulent marketplace seller detection
The company uses AI-driven and real-time monitoring of product listings to search for policy compliance and IP infringement.
Read More →Cargo theft moves into focus as Congress mulls how to fight organized retail crime
Cargo theft was in focus during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing focused on organized retail crime last week, a departure from the previous emphasis on store-based shoplifting and smash-and-grabs.
Read More →American Eagle Outfitters, Home Depot Speak in Support of Federal Retail Crime Prevention Bill
Support continues to blossom for the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025 (CORCA), which a slew of bipartisan legislators have joined together to co-sponsor.
Read More →Cargo Theft: A Crisis for the Supply Chain - TheTrucker.com
A leading, nationwide trucking company told the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday that cargo theft is a crisis impacting the entire supply chain that requires immediate action from Congress.
Read More →RILA Researches the Underreporting of Retail Theft
Is retail theft up, or is it down?
Read More →Walmart makes drastic change to fight theft amid worrying trend - TheStreet
Walmart makes drastic change to fight theft amid worrying trend
The change could cause a major inconvenience for customers.
Read More →Armenian organized crime rings charged with stealing $83 million in Amazon cargo
The Department of Justice charged members or associates of an Armenian organized crime ring with stealing more than $83 million worth of cargo from Amazon.
Read More →Kennewick police arrest two in connection to retail store thefts
KENNEWICK, Wash. – Two people were sent to the Benton County Jail after police investigating a shoplifting incident tracked them to a motel room where they were storing several stolen goods, according to the Kennewick Police Department.
Read More →Man arrested for alleged retail theft at Home Depot in Olympia
A 36-year-old man was arrested following an alleged theft incident at Home Depot at 1325 Fones Road SE in Olympia on Friday, June 13.
Read More →Hundreds Of People Arrested During Coordinated Nationwide Retail Crime Crackdown
Retailers included in this operation were Home Depot, Ulta Beauty, Walgreens, T.J. Maxx, Kroger, Meijer, Macy's, Target, Walgreens and others
Read More →Target ends self-checkout amid rising theft concerns
In a growing shift across the retail industry, Target has begun scaling back self-checkout options in its stores.
Read More →Trucking, rail implore Washington to help fight cargo theft
Carriers and their employees are increasingly victims of large crime networks, industry representatives tell Congress
Read More →WA still leads nation in retail theft but Organized Task Force here to stay, for now
On Tuesday, May 20, Washington Governor Bob Ferguson signed the State’s $78 billion budget with a slew of cuts to account for the $16 billion shortfall. In that budget, however, funding is still planned to continue supporting Organized Retail Theft fighting efforts.
Read More →Restaurant worker admits $326K multi-state scheme to steal iPads from WA Target stores
A Chinese citizen who worked with his girlfriend to “return” 140 counterfeit iPads to Tri-Cities Target stores and others in the West has been sentenced in federal court.
Read More →Chinese National Who Stole $326,000 in Fraud Scheme Involving Counterfeit iPads Sentenced to Federal Prison
Spokane, Washington – Acting United States Attorney Richard R. Barker announced that United States District Judge Rebecca L. Pennell sentenced Zhango Liang, 24, of Fuzhou City, China, to 264 days in prison on a fraud charge connected to a fraud scheme involving counterfeit iPads. At sentencing Judge Pennell acknowledged Liang served 101 days on related charges in Skagit County, Washington, for a total of one year in prison. Judge Pennell also imposed 3 years of supervised release and restitution of $326,000. The state and federal convictions for the fraud scheme are Liang’s first criminal convictions.Placeholder snippet.
Read More →Retail theft emphasis patrol in Gig Harbor leads to 15 arrests
GIG HARBOR, Wash. — A retail theft emphasis patrol in Gig Harbor led to 15 arrests, police said.
it worked with loss prevention personnel at "various businesses" around the city on the emphasis patrols on May 1 and 2.
Read More →Survey shows 99% of retailers hit by crime - why are so many going unreported?
Ninety-nine percent of retailers who responded to a recent survey say they were victims of crime last year, but why does so much of it go unreported?
Read More →RILA Researches the Underreporting of Retail Theft
RILA survey reveals the facts behind retail theft reporting
Read More →At a Lynnwood thrift store, rising shoplifting mirrors larger retail crime surge
At Bella’s Voice Thrift Store, a nonprofit secondhand shop benefiting animal welfare causes, shoplifting isn’t an occasional nuisance — it’s a daily battle.
Read More →Seattle man charged in $5,748 Sunglass Hut thefts in Tukwila
A Seattle man with a long criminal record has been charged with first-degree organized retail theft after allegedly stealing more than $5,700 worth of merchandise from the Sunglass Hut at Southcenter Mall over two separate incidents last summer.
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