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Ben Dugan Works for CVS. His Job Is Battling a $45B Crime Spree
- Scoundreller 5y ago> It is a menace that has been supercharged by the pandemic and the rapid growth of online commerce that has accompanied it. Didn’t fencing goods become easy enough when eBay started out 20+ years ago? If supply became too great, prices would fall and attract more users. With or without amazon, I think the growth would be the same.
- kencausey 5y agoRegarding the number in the title, this is an industry (retail) -wide estimate, not specific to CVS. The Coalition of Law Enforcement and Retail, a trade association, which Mr. Dugan heads, estimates that organized retail theft accounts for around $45 billion in annual losses for retailers these days, up from $30 billion a decade ago. At CVS, reported thefts have ballooned 30% since the pandemic began.
- Scoundreller 5y ago> who all said they worked for “Mr. Bob,” a man named Robert W[…] This is… not a good pseudonym.
- myroon5 5y ago> Danny Drago—known to boosters as “Daniel the Medicine Man” Not surprised they were caught
- Bostonian 5y agoProgressives have effectively legalized shoplifting, and this is the result.
- glennb 5y agoYes...they do not prosecute
- haspoken 5y agohttps://archive.is/s4S8a https://archive.is/s4S8a
- glennb 5y agoInteresting. Why posted here? Its gone up only 50% in the last decade and it's nationwide and not just cvs