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Lessons from a Murder in Hollywood

Family securityAugust 3, 2020

On July 9, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) announced that it had arrested five suspects in connection with the February 2020 murder of Bashar Jackson, a rapper known by the stage name, Pop Smoke. Jackson was shot and killed when a group of five armed men stormed the Hollywood house being rented by the…

TorchStone is in “The Business of Before®”…What does that mean?

Corporate Security, Family security, Identity ProtectionJuly 18, 2020

As our nation prepares to re-open under the new “normal,” we have the fortunate opportunity of reevaluating our current security relationships and the ways in which we provide quality security services for our employees and customers. The conventional practice of contracting with an outside security vendor during a crisis may no longer be the most…

COVID-19 Crimes of Fraud Part Two: Target – Individuals

Family security, Identity ProtectionJuly 10, 2020

COVID-19 has become a perfect distraction for criminals to obtain your identity, wreak havoc on your credit score and potentially cause you additional financial hardship. Identity fraud can be called the “Invisible Crime.” The pandemic and economic downturn have been the perfect storm for opportunistic internet identity thieves to target the individual, but these acts…