Paolo Scrofani

Electronics get the headlines. A drum of glycerin does not. That is why the second one is still a good target. On September 17, Cook County’s Organized Retail Crime and Cargo Theft Task Force was tipped that 75 drums of food-grade glycerin had been taken and were headed into the county. Investigators learned the offenders had cloned the shipping documents and rerouted the trailer. Deputies tracked the truck to the 16800 block of Canal Street in Thornton, Illinois, and stopped it. Every drum...

A federal jury in Los Angeles did not convict two men for cutting a lock. On September 29, 2026, it convicted them for using trucking companies that already looked legitimate. Arshpreet Singh, 28, of Sacramento, and Vikramjeet Singh, 31, of Fontana, were found guilty of conspiring to steal freight from interstate shipments. Arshpreet Singh was also convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Prosecutors put the loss at no less than $2 million. Sentencing is set for January 20, 2027. The...

Pilferage does not always look like a broken lock. At a manufacturer, some of the cleanest internal theft walks out the scrap door. The pattern is simple. Good product is written off as damaged, rework, or recycling. The inventory system is now clean. The floor count matches. Then the same product leaves through the dumpster lane, the recycling dock, or a contractor’s van. Nobody is looking for a shortage because the plant already agreed the goods were trash. That is why this scheme lasts....