The Better Business Bureau investigates thousands of scams every year. What are the top 10 scams for 2012?

Retailers in the U.S. are expected to lose $8.9 billion over the holiday season, mid-November through Christmas, as a result of shoplifting, dishonest employees and vendor or distribution losses.

A bookkeeper pleaded guilty to allegations she embezzled more than $50 million from a small city in Illinois.

A former executive at an airplane repair company with government contracts pleaded guilty to recklessly endangering the safety of aircraft, according to the Justice Department.

Only 47 percent of Canadian firms reported difficulties with fraud, theft and corruption this year, compared with 77 percent of companies in sub-Saharan Africa.

The Massachusetts governor contends that the New England Compounding Center responsible for the tainted steroid misled state officials and was operating outside of the bounds of its pharmacy license.

Lack of protection of chip and PIN cards and card skimming are raising losses.

An elaborate scheme to defraud Comcast of more than $2.4 million has been uncovered, and 22 are charged in connection with the conspiracy.

The rate of fraudulent online transactions originating in Europe jumped to 2.1 percent from 1.3 percent in 2011.