theft

Scammers are stealing users content on social media to create fake Instagram accounts to lure in victims by promising huge returns on cryptocurrency.

A Costa Mesa woman was charged with multiple felonies by the Orange County District Attorney’s office, for allegedly stealing over $328K in items from Nordstrom Rack and TJ Maxx stores.

A recent surge in home break-ins and brazen shoplifting has some San Francisco residents feeling that the city they fell in love with is in decline.

A man’s utility van, containing everything he needed for his business, was stolen from the gated apartment complex parking garage in Reseda.

Thieves stole a utility van from an underground parking lot in Reseda. John Cadiz Klemack reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Dec. 10, 2021.

The health-care executive joined a growing number of executives who have expressed concern about the rise in organized crimes.

The incident was part of a spree of smash-and-grab and flash-mob thefts in November that police said resulted in roughly $330,000 in losses for roughly 10 retailers.

It was just the latest in a series of troubling retail crimes as SoCal heads into the holiday shopping season. Lauren Coronado reports for Today in LA on Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021.

Four people are in custody, as police continue to investigate a Friday night robbery from a Home Depot in Lakewood.

LAPD is on tactical alert after several spots in LA County are robbed on Black Friday. Robert Kovacik reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Nov. 26, 2021.

An elderly Montgomery County man was sentenced to one day in prison for selling a rare Revolutionary-era rifle that he stole from a Pennsylvania museum decades ago.

Best Buy CEO Corie Barry said employees may be more likely to quit after being traumatized by rising incidents of theft by organized, sometimes armed, groups.

A woman was arrested at a Target store in San Francisco after allegedly stealing more than $40,000 worth of merchandise over the course of 120 visits to the store, officials said Wednesday.

It’s a crime retailers say is only getting worse. Organized groups of thieves are targeting stores across Southern California, stealing everything they can carry out. Randy Mac reports for NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Sept. 30, 2021.

Two men were arrested on suspicion of stealing over $100,000 in jewelry from a department store at a Riverside mall, police said Monday.

Back in February, our I-Team started reporting on the surprise awaiting many drivers when starting their cars. A loud noise and the realization that thieves managed to steal a critical part of the car’s underbelly, the catalytic converter. Randy Mac reports for NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on August 20, 2021.

More than 8,000 Californians have reported having their catalytic converter stolen in the first five months of 2021, according to police and auto insurance data analyzed by BeenVerified. That’s a 33-percent increase for 2020 and a whopping 380-percent increase over 2019, when only 1,254 thefts were reported.

Hackers exploited a vulnerability in a protocol called Poly Network stealing more than $600 million worth of cryptocurrency.

A Southern California man was sentenced to 18 months behind bars this week for prying his way into at least 94 mailboxes at the height of the coronavirus pandemic and stealing stimulus checks.

There is a new warning about catalytic converter thefts. According to auto repair shops, they are happening so often that victims are now waiting weeks for a replacement before they can drive their car again.