A woman filmed herself shoplifting at Walmart's self-checkout before getting caught by the supermarket chain's AI powered cameras - and still shared the clip to TikTok.
The shopper - known on TikTok as Nesha - she captioned the clip: “POV: When you usually don’t get caught and now you’re banned for 2 years from all Walmarts in my area.”.
Nesha wrote in the caption: “Even though she laughed … she called the manager, police and had us escorted outside #stealinggonewrong.”.
A 2023 LendingTree survey reported that 15% of shoppers have purposefully stolen an item or a few at self-checkouts, with just 33% of them caught.
Walmart has introduced a string of new anti-shoplifting measures in recent months after losses of an estimated $3 billion a year due to theft.
“Missed Scan Detection” uses AI-powered cameras and was first rolled out at Walmart stores in 2017, according to Business Insider.
In a statement to The New York Post, a Walmart spokesperson said the company “does not publicly disclose security measures in our stores. »
