A NYPD string operation has nailed 141 merchants at bodegas, newsstands, and barbershops for buying what they believed were stolen iPhones and iPads, according to the New York Post.
Undercover NYPD officers sold the electronics to merchants at more than 600 stores around the five boroughs this week - asking from $50 to $200 for iPhone 4s and iPad 2s - after clearly stating the popular gadgets were stolen, said NYPD spokesman Paul Browne.
The police are hoping the sting will make people think twice about purchasing stolen merchandise.
"That's our intention, to reduce the places where people who steal these things can go and sell them," said NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly. "If someone is offering you an iPad for way below market value, you have to realize that it's most likely stolen."
The police made 42 arrests in Brooklyn, 41 in Manhattan, 31 in The Bronx, 21 in Queens, and 6 on Staten Island.
Read More [via MacRumors]
Undercover NYPD officers sold the electronics to merchants at more than 600 stores around the five boroughs this week - asking from $50 to $200 for iPhone 4s and iPad 2s - after clearly stating the popular gadgets were stolen, said NYPD spokesman Paul Browne.
The police are hoping the sting will make people think twice about purchasing stolen merchandise.
"That's our intention, to reduce the places where people who steal these things can go and sell them," said NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly. "If someone is offering you an iPad for way below market value, you have to realize that it's most likely stolen."
The police made 42 arrests in Brooklyn, 41 in Manhattan, 31 in The Bronx, 21 in Queens, and 6 on Staten Island.
Read More [via MacRumors]