5 charged with stealing mobile devices shipped by FedEx
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – Federal prosecutors say five people have been indicted for participating in a $1.7 million scheme involving wireless mobile devices shipped by FedEx.
The U.S. attorney’s office in Memphis says three former FedEx material handlers and two New York men took part in a conspiracy to commit interstate shipping theft of wireless devices from Verizon and AT&T in 2013 and 2014. The mobile devices were being shipped in the United States by FedEx.
Prosecutors say the FedEx workers used fake corporate shipping accounts to print labels. Prosecutors say the workers placed those labels on boxes of wireless devices, and the boxes were then sent to co-conspirators in New York and other places. Each box contained thousands of dollars’ worth of devices.
The defendants are charged with interstate shipping theft and conspiracy.
