How a worker used a fake name to steal 69 Apple devices from a Florida store, US cops say


On his second day of work, the sheriff’s office says Thompkins-Wilson stole 69 pieces of equipment, including various models of Apple Watches, iPhones and iPads worth nearly US$64,000 (RM300,160). — AFP

A 33-year-old Miami Gardens man fraudulently employed at a Verizon store in Lakewood Ranch stole thousands of dollars worth of equipment, the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office says.

Detectives say Nigel Thompkins-Wilson used false documents and information, including a Social Security card in the name Steven Edwards, as well as a Social Security number and date of birth not belonging to him, to apply as a manager at the Verizon store on the 1700 block of Lakewood Ranch Boulevard in Manatee County.

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