All of the Oculus VR headsets were allegedly stolen by a group of men who were waiting for a truck driver to get out of their vehicle to buy food or go to the bathroom and then jumped in and drove off.
As most recently reported by 404 media and court clockSix men have been charged after being accused of stealing a semi-truck loaded with expensive items such as underwear, ATVs and high-end tech hardware. According to court documentsThese people have been reported to have committed these crimes throughout the United States. Including in places like Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, and Indiana.
Criminals shop at distribution centers and then follow semi-trucks to gas stations or truck stops. When the driver goes out to refuel, rest, or use the restroom Those people will steal all the semi-trucks. and drove off with the cargo, trailer and all. The thieves then hooked the stolen trailer onto their own tractor truck. and would leave a stolen trailer behind.
On May 6, 2022, two of six accomplices discovered a truck in Louisville, Kentucky, filled with Meta Oculus virtual reality headsets valued at approximately $1.5 million. The two men are accused of stealing the valuable truck from a truck stop in Indiana. Then drive to Vanderburgh County. where they abandoned the tractor truck and left it with the trailer.
According to the indictment, the men often “painted over logos and/or numbers on stolen trailers. and used different license plates in an attempt to conceal the identity of the trailer and evade detection by law enforcement.” The group didn’t just target Meta, claiming they stole trucks containing valuable product. Hundreds of thousands of dollars from companies including Microsoft, Sony, Logitech, JBL and Bose.
The indictment states that the group mostly took the stolen merchandise and sold it to buyers in Florida for a price. “A fraction of the retail value of stolen merchandise.”
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