Six employees of Apple Store in Florida, to cooperate with the workers trade network Best Buy, California company was robbed of about half a million dollars, exchanging nearly 600 stolen iPhone with new ones. Writes about it on Friday Cnews with reference to the police department of the city of Fort Lauderdale.
American Police Florida arrested six employees of corporate Apple store and an accomplice of a network of electronics stores Best Buy, accusing them of stealing property of Apple by about $ 500,000.
An organized group of swindlers came to the police department from the employee Apple, involved in preventing losses. It seemed strange that a few employees of one "apple" store too often change smart phones under warranty.
As it turned out, Apple Store employees exchanged stolen iPhone with new ones. When the messengers brought them stolen smartphones, head of 26-year-old Devon Persad called accomplice of Best Buy, and he would send lists the serial numbers of the iPhone, which were in stock Best Buy. The staff then choose a number from the list and pointed it at the exchange of the device as a room for the phone, which is to be exchanged.
So they lied to the electronic system of Apple. The fact that it does not allow to exchange phone numbers with serial numbers that are blocked by users using the Find My iPhone, or the theft of which was reported to the police. Per transaction fee fraudsters received $ 45-75.
According to investigators, a total group, which included people aged 22 to 44 years, exchanged almost 600 smartphones iPhone. Police have to know the names of the persons who brought the stolen phones.