Man Dressed Like Apple Employee Steals iPhones Worth $16K

A thief dressed as an Apple store employee walked out of the company’s SoHo store in NYC, with an accomplice carrying 19 iPhones worth over $16,000 under his clothes, according to NYPD. NBC News reports: According to local news site DNAInfo, last week a man dressed “similarly” to uniformed Apple employees walked into the SoHo store — and walked back out with 19 untagged iPhones from an unsecured drawer. He then handed the packages to an accomplice, and the pair exited the store, according to the report. And it’s not the first time the high-tech company has been the subject of a low-tech heist. With revenue that outranks Tiffany per square foot, Apple stores are a magnet for thieves, brazen or not. Earlier this year, the Apple store on the Upper West Side of Manhattan was targeted — twice — by thieves impersonating employees, who made off with a total of 67 iPhones. Since most Apple stores average 100 employees, it’s possible no one realized the thieves were not part of the retail team. Adding to the confusion, perhaps, is Apple’s “exciting change” to the standard uniform: Last year the company nixed the one standard shirt that changed seasonally, giving [...]