NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The president of a watchdog agency urges consumers to closely monitor bank statements and Apple Pay accounts after a series of thefts was discovered in the mid-South.
According to Glenn Alred, president of an intelligence sharing group involving law enforcement officers and retailers known as ALERT Mid-South, authorities across the country are now on the lookout for a sophisticated group of retail thieves who apparently figured out how to crack Apple Pay to load gift cards.
Alred, an 18-year veteran, called this theft ring very complex and unlike anything he has come across.
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“We didn’t realize the magnitude of it,” Alred said as he showed News 2 a picture of an unidentified man wearing an LA hat and dark glasses.
Alred said the man was seen in Nashville last week with four associates, all of whom were reportedly using Apple Pay to load blank gift cards with cash stolen from unsuspecting people’s bank accounts