A couple of days ago, I wrote about Rosita Davani, the regional Loss Prevention Director for Nordstrom who, along with other former LP agents, was operating a theft ring that stretched from Pennsylvania into Virginia and Maryland. In all six people have been arrested in connection with this case, with possibly more arrests to come.

Here is another case where at least one employee is involved in an organized retail theft scheme targeting his company. Safeway employee Anthony Ruiz has been arrested, along with three other individuals, for stealing cosmetics, over-the-counter drugs, and other merchandise, which was then sold through online auction sites. Estimates are that Ruiz stole more than $60,000.00 worth of merchandise.

Several years ago, before all the buzz about organized retail theft, I was involved with a case where an employee was pushing merchandise out of a store, where it was loaded onto a van, shipped to a storage facility, then sold off at flea markets or online. The employee admitted to stealing $80,000.00 in merchandise. It was a huge case, but it was also very frustrating to know that he had been able to take tens of thousands of dollars worth of merchandise out before we identified the issue.

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