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$400,000 Worth of Live Lobsters Stolen From Shipping Facility in Massachusetts
The FBI probes a $400,000 lobster theft amid a surge of organized cargo heists targeting high-value shipments from a Taunton, Massachusetts, facility.
- On Dec. 12, a truckload of about 40,000 pounds of lobster meat worth $400,000 vanished after leaving Lineage Logistics' Taunton shipping facility en route to Costco warehouses in Illinois and Minnesota.
- Dylan Rexing said the loss follows other recent incidents at the same site, including nine truckloads stolen within five days earlier this month and a crab load taken on Dec. 2 at the Taunton shipping facility.
- Criminals impersonated carriers using spoofed emails and burner phones, Rexing alleged they changed truck signage, created counterfeit digital driver's licenses, and disabled GPS tracking with the last location at the warehouse.
- The FBI is investigating in early stages, Homeland Security Investigations launched Operation Boiling Point earlier this year, and federal authorities estimate thefts cost the economy $15 billion to $35 billion annually.
- Industry groups warn these thefts will raise prices for consumers, forcing tough decisions and driving up costs that businesses, insurers and retailers will pass on, potentially costing the average American family more than $500 annually.
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A shipment of lobster valued at about $400,000 was stolen after leaving a refrigerated warehouse in Taunton, Massachusetts, on its way to Costco stores in Illinois and Minnesota, authorities reported.The theft occurred after the cargo left the warehouse on December 12, 2025.The Indiana-based transportation intermediary Rexing Companies indicated that the driver pretended to be a legitimate carrier, using fake emails and disposable phones to coll…
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