Retail theft was almost $35 billion in 2007, according to the 2007 National Retail Security Survey. Retailers have to contend with sophisticated rings of thieves who’ve figured out that it’s far more lucrative to systematically steal goods by spoofing the point-of-sale systems. Biggest problem still is under-ringing, where crooked cashiers in cahoots with thieves simply don’t scan all the items presented. New approaches are being tried with traditional smash-and-grab techniques, like taking off off high-value items.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2123390/security-at-the-point-of-sale.html