"In November 2024, two truckloads of Santo Tequila the brand founded in 2019 by Fieri and former Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar went missing sometime after the shipment crossed the border from Mexico into Laredo, Texas. All told, some 24,000 bottles of the tequila vanished, the company's President and CEO Dan Butkus told The Press Democrat last year. Bound for Santo Tequila's Pennsylvania distribution center, the trucks were instead diverted by thieves who posed as a trucking company."
"What happened was a case of double brokering, in which the company that handles shipping for Santo hired a trucking company. That trucking company outsourced the job to two other companies. It turns out, 60 Minutes reported, those companies were fake with phony letterheads, email addresses and phone numbers to appear legitimate. The ruse also included manipulated GPS data that made it appear the trucks were delayed but still headed to Pennsylvania."
In November 2024 two truckloads of Santo Tequila went missing after crossing the border from Mexico into Laredo, Texas. Approximately 24,000 bottles vanished while bound for the company’s Pennsylvania distribution center. The shipment was diverted after a double-brokering scheme in which the contracted carrier outsourced to two fake companies using phony letterheads, emails and phone numbers. The perpetrators manipulated GPS data to appear en route to Pennsylvania. More than 4,000 cases, including blanco, reposado and a three-year aged Extra Añejo Single Barrel, were rerouted to Los Angeles where investigators later recovered roughly 11,000 bottles in a warehouse.
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