"The first seafood vanished on Nov. 22 in Falmouth, Maine, where authorities suspect someone stole 14 cages full of oysters from an aquaculture site in Casco Bay. Many of the oysters were full-grown and ready for sale, and together with the cages were worth $20,000, according to the Maine Marine Patrol. "This is a devastating situation for a small businessman," said Marine Patrol Sgt. Matthew Sinclair."
"The other two thefts happened in Taunton, Massachusetts, about 160 miles (255 kilometers) away. First, a load of crab disappeared after leaving the Lineage Logistics warehouse on Dec. 2. Then, on Dec. 12, lobster meat destined for Costco stores in Illinois and Minnesota was stolen by a fraudulent trucking company, according to the broker who arranged the pickup. "The carrier we hired impersonated a real carrier," Dylan Rexing, CEO of Rexing Companies, said Tuesday. "They had a spoofed email address. They changed the name on the side of the truck. The made a fake certified driver's license. It's a very sophisticated crime.""
"Freight theft generally falls into two categories, said Chris Burroughs, president and CEO of Transportation Intermediaries Association, a trade organization for the freight brokerage industry. The lobster heist fits in the first type, which involves someone impersonating a legitimate trucking company. The second type, known as strategic theft, often involves using phishing emails to gain access to computer systems and"
Forty-thousand oysters, lobster meat valued at $400,000 and a cache of crabmeat were stolen in separate incidents across New England within weeks. On Nov. 22, 14 cages of full-grown oysters were taken from an aquaculture site in Casco Bay, worth about $20,000 including the cages. In Taunton, Massachusetts, crab disappeared after leaving a Lineage Logistics warehouse on Dec. 2, and on Dec. 12 lobster meat bound for Costco was stolen by a fraudulent trucking company that impersonated a real carrier using spoofed email, altered truck identification and a fake driver's license. Freight theft has worsened in recent years and can involve impersonation or phishing-based strategic breaches.
Read at Fortune
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]