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Thieves Grab 3,600 iPad Minis Worth $1.5M In JFK Airport Heist

TechCrunch - Apple’s iPad mini seems to be a success, and that has attracted the criminal element’s attention. According to the New York Post, a shipment of Apple’s iPad mini, numbering 3,600 devices and with a total value of $1.5 million, was taken from JFK airport from the same location that a group stole $5 million in cash and $900,000 in jewelry in 1978.

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-Mezzo-4528d ago

Damn, that one big PayDay.

Hope They Get Caught.

bwazy4527d ago

I actually kinda hope they get away with it.

Cosmit4526d ago

Damn bwazy you're retarded.

360ICE4526d ago (Edited 4526d ago )

I'm rooting for Ocean's 11 over here.

Get your wife back from Tim Cook, Danny Ocean! He totally stole Tess from you while you were in jail!

Or rob 3600 ipad minis, I don't know...

Lord_Sloth4527d ago

Sounds like somebody was pretty well organized or security still sucks there. 1 or the other.

Dovahkiin4527d ago

This. But how the f*** can someone get through airport security and manage to do this? Nice going, JFK airport security.

TheDivine4527d ago

Security had to have tipped them off and turned their back for a nice little payday. Down the road they will be killed to make sure he/she doesnt talk.
Has nobody seen Goodfellas?

kingPoS4527d ago (Edited 4527d ago )

Someone got lucky! Their luck ought to run out... eventually.
Just follow the black market, after all what are they going to do with all those pads by themselves.

XboxInnovation4527d ago

You sell them in bulk to people who sell them, like big time drug pushers sell a kilo or more to a drug dealer. With bunches all spread out around the world it's impossible to keep track or even tell when something is fishy.

Blackdeath_6634527d ago

well fortunately for the theives the Ipad mini's are 23% thinner and 53% lighter so they should fit nicely in their van LOL, ironic isn't it that the only people benefiting from smaller thinner devices are the people stealing it. all things aside apple robberies have been quite frequent as of late i wonder how it will end if it does.

Amplitude4527d ago

lol Stealing Harvard in the picture. Haven't seen that in years

BlmThug4527d ago

Well atleast Apple are the ones out of pocket (Y)

MRHARDON4527d ago

I don't believe so, I believe Walmart, Best Buy or any retail store that sells a Ipod,I pad etc have to pay for the items in advance?

SilentNegotiator4527d ago

Doubt it. That stuff is normally done on credit, and not up front. And I'm sure there is some sort of liability on Apple's end to see to the delivery.

ThePundit4527d ago

These deliveries are insured aren't they?

xtremexx4527d ago

is the iPad the new Cocaine?

Treezy5044527d ago

The Lufthansa heist happened there, a modern age Goodfellas.

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