"I've been going to shows since I was 14...I've never seen anything like that,"
"I think people are having their phones taken,"
"The problem is that the devices themselves are getting much more expensive"
"US-based devices that are stolen can easily be used in countries like China, because their networks aren't following the same blacklist protocols as we do,"
Twenty mobile phones were stolen during a Nov. 7 Hot Mulligan concert at the Brooklyn Paramount, with thieves reportedly turning off devices to prevent tracking. The NYPD is investigating and no arrests have been made to date. Witnesses reported multiple people scanning the floor for phones and later realizing devices had been taken. Cybersecurity expert Robert Siciliano ties the thefts to an expanding international resale market, noting surging demand for secondhand phones in China since 2022 and high resale profits. Steep device price increases, differing international blacklist protocols, and limited prosecution of petty thefts have encouraged offenders.
Read at New York Post
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