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A former employee for UPS allegedly stole and resold roughly $1.3 million in Apple merchandise from a warehouse in Winnipeg over the course of six months.
Orville Martirez Beltrano was arrested by police in January 22 over allegations that he stole Apple merchandise shipped by way of his employer, in his function as an area sorting supervisor. After showing in court docket, it has since been revealed that the entire alleged theft spree was valued at $1.3 million.
Court docket paperwork seen by International Information say that Beltrano allegedly took 866 Apple merchandise from the warehouse between July 2023 and January 2024. The merchandise have been then claimed to be bought by the person by way of Kijiji.
An investigation into his financial institution accounts confirmed money deposits totaling greater than $232,000 have been made between September and January. Search warrants additionally turned up $9,000 in money in a Nike bag in his automobile, a MacBook, and greater than $9,100 in jewellery.
Additionally it is alleged that proceeds from the gross sales have been additionally used to buy a house in Winnipeg’s South Pointe neighborhood for $630,000, and paid off a debt linked to a white Audi valued at $60,000.
On the time of his arrest, he was charged with theft over $5,000, theft below $5,000, possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000, and possession of the proceeds of crime. He later admitted in a taped police interview to stealing Apple merchandise and the jewellery.
The court docket filings have requested the decide to allow the seizure of the home, automobile, money, and financial institution accounts.
In 2012, a JFK airport worker was arrested for the theft of three,600 iPad mini packages, valued at $1.9 million. A Walmart distribution heart employee was charged in 2017 for stealing over 1,000 iPads and 942 Apple Watch packages, which he hid in supply vans earlier than sending them to himself by way of FedEx.
