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Former Barney’s guards to leak secrets about their illegal anti-theft methods
According to the Daily News, two former Barney’s security workers
will give the state’s attorney general an insider’s view of store
policies that they claim produced racial profiling complaints today.
New York’s State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman plans to meet
with Raymel Cardona and Aaron Argueta as part of his investigation into
recent complaints from African-American shoppers at Barney’s and Macy’s,
sources say. A Barney’s rep has said the two men were “disgruntled
employees” fired for insubordination — a charge their attorney angrily
denied. Cardona worked as an assistant manager for loss prevention,
while Argueta was once a plainclothes security guard, their attorney
says. “The idea is to hear firsthand what they have to say,” says one
source. “It’s normal investigative procedure.”
The two former workers — with 30 combined years of experience in
security — say an aggressive loss prevention program at the flagship
store on Madison Avenue led to more customer complaints of racial
profiling, one source said. The in-person meeting comes on the same day
that both retailers are due to hand over an assortment of documents as
Schneiderman’s probe continues. Read Full Story
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