{
  "id": 9352092,
  "title": "Buy, wear, return: Retail fraud and abuse explored in new study",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/buy-wear-return-retail-fraud-and-abuse-explored-in-new-study",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-23T14:20:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-buy-retail-fraud-abuse-explored.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "New research reveals retailers are losing money through two kinds of problematic returns: deliberate fraud and opportunistic abuse of generous return policies.",
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}