Recovery Stories

13 Jun 2025 USA357060

A good Samaritan contacted STOP today to advise that she found a STOP-tagged Microsoft Notebook at a Transwestern office locked in a file cabinet in Houston, TX. Contacted the health care provider that owned the notebook with details to recover the device. Recovery in process.

09 Jun 2025 USX29006
A gentlemen purchased a MacBook Pro at a government auction with a STOP Security Plate and requested confirmation the device was not stolen and free & clear of the previous owner. STOP reached out to the community college for confirmation of the status of the laptop.
07 Jun 2025 USB053594
A good Samaritan found a cell phone with a STOP Security Plate at a local bus stop in Brooklyn, NY over the weekend and contacted STOP with the details. We reached out to the Law office in NYC to report and they are currently in the process of recovering the phone.
02 Jun 2025 USA496908
STOP received a call from a representative from Valley Vista housing center in San Diego, CA. They found a laptop in a dumpster with a STOP Plate, ID#. Informed the administrator of the public library that owns the laptop of the incident, along with details to recover the laptop. Confirmed recovery in process.
02 Jun 2025 USA510649
We received a call from a former contractor for a large accounting firm that his found his laptop with a Security Plate, Stop ID# that was never retrieved from the company when the contract completed and wants to return it to the rightful owner. Confirmed laptop being recovered by the company administrator.
30 May 2025 USA221453
STOP received a call today from a good Samaritan at Shinola Headquarters, Detroit, MI. who received a laptop with a STOP Security Plate ID#. The laptop was delivered among other various technology equipment. Contacted the large accounting form who owns the laptop with details of incident to recover the device which is in process.
28 May 2025 USU87320

A gentlemen found his HP laptop with a STOP Security Plate ID# in his residence that belonged to his former employer a government agency. Contacted the agency administrator with details to decide if they want to recover the device.

27 May 2025 USA245047
A UPS Employee contacted STOP today to advise us they received an HP laptop with a STOP-tagged ID# without a shipping label. It’s being held in their lost & found department in a mid-west US location. Contacted the state department to inform their administrator of the status of the laptop. They contacted UPS with the correct shipping information for the original label to be forwarded to correct recipient.
22 May 2025 USA474949
UPS contacted STOP this evening to advise us they received a STOP-tagged Dell laptop without a shipping label. It’s being held in their lost & found department in Salt Lake City, UT. Contacted the large waste management company STOP admin with information to recover the device. Confirmed company reaching out to UPS to recover laptop.
21 May 2025 US0001357
We received a call from a good Samaritan who found a student’s HP Chromebook with a STOP Security Plate ID# in a park in Danville, IL. Contacted the School district administrator who is responsible for recovering the device. Recovery of Chromebook in process.