Word: theft
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Leone said that Harvard police, to whom he reported the theft, indicated that they had an idea of the identity of the thieves, but the police have not confirmed this report...
...Shop-lifting has been a major problem ever since the Coop opened," said David D. Duval, manager of the Coop's men's furnishings department. "Our security just is not built up as it should be. We can't touch a person unless two employees see the theft. This just isn't right. We need more prosecutions...
...Castroite Guerrilla Che Guevara unwittingly betrayed each other. The betrayal cost Che his life last month. Last week Debray paid with his freedom. After a 53-day trial in the steaming Bolivian oil town of Camiri, a military court found the dashing young (27) French intellectual guilty of murder, theft and rebellion. It sentenced him to 30 years in prison...
...they are not liable, issuing companies almost always assume the financial burden of such fraud to maintain good relations with stores, hotels and restaurants who accept their cards. (But the credit-card companies may try to recover from a cardholder who has not informed them of a loss or theft.) The issuers are therefore understandably anxious to find heavier legal weapons to use against credit crooks, and they are now actively promoting new legislation...
...purview of the federal Criminal Code: it has been passed by the Senate and is now awaiting House action. American Express last year commissioned the drafting of a model credit-card law for states, which suggests maximum penalties of one to three years for such offenses as card theft or possession of forging machinery or blanks. With the backing of every other major credit card issuer, the statute is being pushed in all states. So far, North Carolina, Florida and California have all adopted it. New York has scheduled consideration of it for next January's legislative session...