The threats were phoned in stores in New Mexico, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, and other states, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Scammers have phoned in bomb threats to major US grocers and retail chains nationwide in recent months demanding ransom payments in bitcoin, gift cards or cash, according to a report.
One person is reported to have telephoned a Whole Foods Market location in a suburb north of Chicago and claimed that a pipe bomb was placed in the store.Law enforcement officials are looking into bomb threats made against large-scale grocers including Kroger, Walmart, and Whole Foods Market.Another person threatened to detonate a bomb in a Kroger’s in New Mexico unless the scammer was issued a money transfer.
According to the Journal, Whole Foods has recommended that store leaders implement bomb threat protocols with employees.
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