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'The Playstation Job' Heisters Arrested

Posted by simoniker on from the do-17,000-playstations-fit-in-a-mini? dept.

Thanks to the New Jersey Star-Ledger for their news that a gang who stole $5 million worth of PlayStation consoles in a high-tech train heist have been arrested and indicted. According to the article, the theft ring, known as the 'Conrail Boyz', stole more than $20 million of merchandise from freight trains, and their "..largest single take was 17,496 Sony PlayStation electronic game systems worth more than $5 million and involved members driving off with a cargo container, authorities charged." Seriously, what would you do with 17,000 PlayStations?

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  1. eBay for the next 3 years by BoomerSooner · · Score: 2, Informative

    or something like that.

    Oh wait, eBay wouldn't sell stolen items?

  2. The obvious one..... by hawkstone · · Score: 3, Informative

    This would be redundant as others have suggested it, but I've got a link:

    Build a beowulf cluster of PS2 machines.