"What do you get if you multiply six by nine?"
To be fair, it doesn't ask how much six multiplied by nine is, It asks "What do YOU get if YOU multiply six by nine?"
It's actually a very personal question, and unique to the individual.
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UPS Worker Accused of Stealing and Reselling Apple Products Worth Over $1 Million
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To be fair, it doesn't ask how much six multiplied by nine is, It asks "What do YOU get if YOU multiply six by nine?"
It's actually a very personal question, and unique to the individual.
Needs a bit of a rewrite. Makes it sound like he'd been stealing since he started working there in 2013. But in fact, according to one of the cited articles, the thefts started last July:
According to Canada's Global News and the Winnipeg Free Press, UPS worker Orville Beltrano stole approximately 866 Apple devices from the warehouse where he had worked since 2013.
"Between last July and this January, police allege Beltrano stole at least 866 Apple products."
Mar 2024: Former UPS worker accused of stealing, reselling Apple electronics worth more than $1.3 M
A now-former employee of United Parcel Service is accused of pilfering more than $1.3 million worth of Apple laptops and iPhones from the shipping company’s Winnipeg warehouse to sell on the black mar...
www.winnipegfreepress.com
adding the “for profit” part made me chuckle, as if there was any other possible reason for selling them lol.
I think this is a drop in the ocean and happens very often.
I once returned a HomePod mini through a UPS depot. A few weeks later, Apple still hadn’t received it.
When I explained that I had dropped it off, Apple launched an investigation.
They absolved me of any wrongdoing and considered the matter closed.
My suspicion is that UPS store was purposely stealing items they knew were going back to Apple.
I’ve never again used that same store.
I once returned a HomePod mini through a UPS depot. A few weeks later, Apple still hadn’t received it.
When I explained that I had dropped it off, Apple launched an investigation.
They absolved me of any wrongdoing and considered the matter closed.
My suspicion is that UPS store was purposely stealing items they knew were going back to Apple.
I’ve never again used that same store.
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well delivery drivers are not hired for their intelligence
A former UPS worker located in Winnipeg, Canada has been accused of stealing Apple products valued at more than $1.3 million, and reselling them for profit.
According to Canada's Global News and the Winnipeg Free Press, UPS worker Orville Beltrano stole approximately 866 Apple devices from the warehouse where he had worked since 2013. Beltrano served as a supervisor at the location, and he was selling the products that he swiped on Kijiji.
Between September 2023 and January 2024, Beltrano deposited more than $232,000 in his bank accounts. He was fired by UPS on January 22, and arrested the same day. In his home and vehicle, investigators found $9,000 in cash, a Mac laptop, and jewelry valued at over $9,000.
Beltrano admitted to stealing Apple products and jewelry from UPS, and said that he used the money to purchase a home worth $680,000 and to pay off a $60,000 Audi hatchback purchased in 2021. He has been charged with theft over $5,000, theft under $5,000, possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000, and possession of the proceeds of crime.
The theft was discovered after UPS launched an investigation in December to determine why so many Apple devices were disappearing from the warehouse in Winnipeg. Surveillance cameras were installed, and Beltrano was found to be stealing products from pallets that were supposed to be shipped to Ontario. He allegedly stole more 120 iPhones in a single shift in January 2024.
Prosecutors have asked the court to approve the seizure of Beltrano's house, cash, bank accounts, and vehicle.
Article Link: UPS Worker Accused of Stealing and Reselling Apple Products Worth Over $1 Million
While I appreciate the anyone actually looked at my signature here, I’m not sure it is directly applicable to the discussion herein.
It's more to do with morals, which is totally orthogonal to intelligence in my opinion.
The MacRumors headline is misleading; it should specify that the total value of the stolen goods is in Canadian dollars, as anyone who reads the headline but none of the story can reasonably assume that the amount given is in United States dollars. And if whoever came up with the headline thought it was safe to say that CAN$1.3 million is worth more than US$1 million, they were wrong:
Interesting but that doesn’t fly in the U.S. Everything from plexiglass windows on employee lockers to… Well...
Dressing Room Camera Laws
In every state, video monitoring in sensitive areas, such as a dressing room, for purposes other than theft prevention is illegal. Read more here.
States That Allow Cameras in the Dressing Rooms
So, really, are there cameras in fitting rooms? In most states, the answer is probably a clear "yes." As of 2018, only 13 states have laws prohibiting the use of surveillance equipment in dressing rooms, though most states do impose plenty of restrictions on how those fitting room cameras are used.
legalbeagle.com
I have no doubt retailers would also have them in restrooms for theft prevention/protection if they could get away with it.
based on the article I thought he was stealing since 2013 at first until I went to the comments. That’s even worse! So much in such a short time. What an idiot
Reading comprehension? He was not a driver, but a sorting warehouse supervisor. Not that neither matters.
120 phones in one shift? Goodness this guy was just begging to get caught wasn't he.
Also I can't even fathom how people have the cojones to do things like this... I wouldn't be able to sleep at night or do anything because I'd be scared that the police are going to grab me or knock down my door any minute.
Also I can't even fathom how people have the cojones to do things like this... I wouldn't be able to sleep at night or do anything because I'd be scared that the police are going to grab me or knock down my door any minute.
I work in the department that orders phones for our employees and this happens with extreme frequency here, always UPS, and it's worse around the holidays (when presumably there are a lot of temp workers employed who don't care about being fired for theft). We get the parcel, but it's just an empty box. Never any problems with USPS, though. It's especially problematic when it's a Verizon iPhone, as they make you jump through hurdles to get it rectified, as I understand it.
I had a Mac mini disappear from the local UPS station in January 2023. Never scanned again after getting to the town about 30 miles over.
Poor guy. Dude has had to live in Winnipeg, and came to this to finally get out to a nicer part of Canada, a prison.
Love the irony of the insinuation of too much privacy into a place where so many stand on their soapbox about not enough privacy.
Had a very similar thing happen with a pair or AirPod Max. Have two pair now as a result (and after doing everything in my power to correct).
