theft

Before you get caught up in the chaos of Black Friday and last-minute pressured buys, consider five tips to help protect consumers from being fraud victims. The risks for online and in-store shopping have been on the rise, according to Robert Vamosi, a security, risk and fraud analyst for Javelin...

By Minyanville.com Which retail goods are most alluring to professional shoplifters? The list may surprise you. Shoplifting crimes usually only make the headlines when a Hollywood actress is caught like a deer in headlights sneaking designer clothes past a knowing security guard, or when the...

Think you've got a strict boss? Probably not as strict as a German company who fired a man for allegedly stealing two cents worth of electricity. A German court has ruled the company had no grounds for firing him and dismissed the firm's appeal against his reinstatement. Network administrator...

When you spend tens of thousands of dollars to have your loved ones interred, you probably don't expect that years later grave robbers will plunder the mausoleum. But that's what happened on Long Island, where police are searching for thieves who vandalized three crypts at St. Charles Cemetery in...

Gift card fraud is nothing new, but the lengths that officials say an Oregon man went to steal gift card credit from unsuspecting shoppers may amaze you -- and make you check the balances on your gift cards. Sealtiel Chacon Zepeda, 22, was caught recently with thousands of gift cards in his...

A couple of weeks ago, Chinese police arrested a man who installed a fake ATM in Beijing that managed to steal the account information of unsuspecting customers -- information that was later used to empty their bank accounts. The ATM, which was purchased from a legitimate manufacturer, was...

With vacation season in full swing -- and your mind in vacation mode -- it's easy to forget that summer is also the season of the burglar. That's because as more and more people get out of town, leaving their houses unoccupied, criminals are gearing up for the easy pickings of their busy...

College students may be poor, but they've still got plenty of stuff of value, monetary and otherwise. Thefts are on the rise on campuses everywhere, and students need to take precautions. Small high-dollar gadgets, like iPods, laptops and game systems, are the most commonly stolen items on...

Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett's office has charged the owners of an Allentown-area fuel oil company with overbilling customers, including allegations of forging invoices and selling thousands of gallons of oil that didn't exist. Brothers Daniel Reichenbach Jr., 42, and William...

We've all heard of crooks installing skimmers on ATM machines to steal debit card information, including pin numbers, but a new scheme has been uncovered that is much harder to detect and it happens at a place you might equate with highway robbery -- the gas pump. Reports have come in from across...