$400K in lobster meat destined for Costco stores in Illinois stolen: broker
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Key Points:
- In New England, a series of seafood thefts occurred within weeks, including 40,000 oysters stolen from Casco Bay, Maine, worth $20,000, and large quantities of crabmeat and lobster meat stolen in Taunton, Massachusetts, valued at $400,000.
- The lobster theft involved a fraudulent trucking company using spoofed emails, fake driver’s licenses, and altered truck branding to impersonate a legitimate carrier, highlighting a sophisticated type of cargo theft.
- Freight theft, particularly involving seafood, has become a growing problem, with incidents occurring multiple times daily and often involving either impersonation of carriers or strategic phishing attacks to divert payments.
- Experts suggest the stolen seafood likely ended up in restaurants, and
