$5 Million Multi-State Theft Ring Targeting Cigarettes, Meat, Copper Dismantled by FBI, NYPD

Officials say fake shipping ring hacked data to steal $5 million in meat, cheese, cigarettes

NEW YORK — A sophisticated theft ring used hacked data, fake trucking logs and bogus shipping information to steal nearly $5 million in goods from retailers across the Northeast to sell in New York City, officials said. The retail theft…

$5 million multi-state theft ring targeting cigarettes, meat, copper dismantled by FBI, NYPD

A massive and highly coordinated retail theft ring has been taken down following a joint operation by the FBI, the NYPD and the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.

Meat and ‘phish’: Eight members of major retail theft ring charged in Manhattan for stealing millions in products through online scams

Reputed members of a major retail theft ring that pilfered meat, copper, and cigarettes from distributors throughout the northeastern U.S. found themselves in handcuffs and marched into Manhattan Criminal Court on Wednesday. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said eight men, who were identified as Uzbeki immigrants, allegedly used real shipping carriers and brokers they fraudulently obtained to steal some $5 million in goods, including beef…

D.A. Bragg To Announce Major Organized Retail Theft Takedown

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