Four Men Arrested Over Million-Dollar MacBook Heist

Posted by Soulskill on Sunday September 6, 2015 @12:27AM from the worst-way-to-tile-your-bathroom dept.

An anonymous reader writes: In January of 2014, Anton Saljanin was hired to drive 1,195 Apple MacBooks, valued at over $1 million, from a vendor in Massachusetts to a pair of high schools in New Jersey. The day after picking them up, he told police that the truck disappeared overnight while he slept. Later that day, he told police he just happened to spot the truck abandoned in a parking lot while he was driving down the highway. Unfortunately for him, detectives quickly realized none of these things could be true. Footage from CCTV cameras and cell-site records for his phone indicated he met with his brother and drove to another suspect's house, where they unloaded the laptops. Later, a fourth man helped them sell some of the MacBooks, often at steep discounts. The four men have now been charged in federal court for the theft.

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LoJack by Intrepid+imaginaut · 2015-09-06 00:49 · Score: 5, Insightful

And once again another reminder that anyone carrying a cellphone is effectively transmitting their location to the authorities at all times.
1. Re:LoJack by ShanghaiBill · 2015-09-06 05:08 · Score: 4, Insightful
  
  It amazes me just how many people (criminals especially) just don't get this.
  In Hollywood movies, the criminals are usually brilliant masterminds, because that makes for an interesting story. But, in real life, most criminals are pretty stupid. There are plenty of risk-free legal avenues for an amoral smart person to get rich. For instance, they can go to law school, or become investment bankers.