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Four Men Arrested Over Million-Dollar MacBook Heist

Posted by Soulskill on 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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  1. Doing the math... by Dancindan84 · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's what? 10 Macbooks?

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    1. Re:Doing the math... by BitZtream · · Score: 5, Funny

      12, those were last years discounted models.

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  2. LoJack by Intrepid+imaginaut · · 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 · · 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.

  3. book 'em Dano, grand theft by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...just think of the poor kids having to suffer with windows even longer than necessary....

  4. Interesting names. by Rei · · Score: 5, Funny

    On or about January 15, 2014, ANTON SALJANIN

    Anagram for "Anal Ninja Snot"

    brought his brother, GJON SALJANIN, with him

    Anagram for "A Ninja Logs NJ"

    and CARLOS CACERES,

    The ironically anagramed "Car case closes"

    the residence of UJKA VULAJ

    ... I got nothing. Are we sure this wasn't a cat walking on the keyboard at the police department?

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    1. Re:Interesting names. by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 4, Funny

      Anagram for anonymous coward

      A rad sunny moo cow.

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  5. The Real Thieves, Though... by Bing+Tsher+E · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The real thieves are whomever specified and ordered all those Macbooks for school kids. Overpriced status hardware that will mean nothing to rooms full of impatient adolescents. The theft victims are the taxpayers. I'm sure there's an Apple sales rep involved and some school adminstrator who got nice swag out of the deal.

    Why not more reasonably priced hardware? Chromebooks or even some 'doze laptops. Apple branded stuff, like Coach handbags is for snobby individuals, not semi-enterprise settings like a school.

    Here's your TCO cue, shills.