Apple is a massive company that operates in 167 countries. It has websites and physical stores in many countries, as well as authorized dealers and services. This size is great for the company and its shareholders, but it can also lead to problems. For example, a man recently admitted to accepting a bribe to reroute a shipment of Apple products worth $2 million. Here are the details…

New Hampshire Man Reroutes $2 Million Shipment of Apple Products for Bribe

If you own a retail store and want to sell Apple products, the usual way to do it is to contact Apple and make a purchase. But a company in Hong Kong took a different approach. They bribed a shipping company who was delivering products to a competitor, and stole the products. A while ago, a Hong Kong company made a $2 million purchase from Apple. The products were in New Hampshire, so the company needed to find a way to ship them to Hong Kong. They made a deal with a shipping company owned by William Wu.

However, a man named Yongfu Huo intervened and complicated things a bit. He offered Wu $700,000 to deliver the products to him instead of the real owner. Wu accepted the proposal and did not deliver the products correctly. He even tried to cover his tracks by claiming that law enforcement had seized the Apple products. Wu’s company then sent a forged “Disclaimer of Ownership” document to the victim.

Thankfully, the crimes committed by these two fraudsters did not go unpunished. Law enforcement, acting on a complaint, arrested William Wu. During his questioning, he pleaded guilty to interstate transportation of stolen property. He now faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, 3 years of supervised release, a fine of $250,000, and restitution. As part of the plea agreement, Wu has agreed to repay the victim $2 million. Unfortunately, the current fate of Yongfu Huo is unknown, but it is suspected that he received a similar penalty.

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Apple has been the subject of several leaks in recent times, some involving essential trade secrets. The company has been pursuing an in-house cleaning process that has seen it secure convictions for some of its identified leak sources. A prominent leaker, Kang, stated that he received a strongly-worded warning letter from a legal firm on behalf of Apple, relating to leaked information traced to him concerning unreleased Apple products.

In a post on social media platform Weibo, Kang divulged the content of the letter from the US tech giant. Apple’s lawyers warned that leaking information about unreleased Apple products can seriously affect the company and give its competitors an unfair advantage by accessing company trade secrets. The letter also stated that customers are misled through such leaks, as what may be disclosed is unlikely to be accurate.

Kang has had a few leaks posted via his handle concerning Apple products. Some of the leaks were even couched in riddles, but it would seem that Apple’s tracing mechanism had identified him. Kang indeed has a long record of Apple leaks, including the iPhone 12 full lineup, MagSafe for iPhone, and several others. It has to be stated that most of the leaks were authentic, as subsequent events showed.

To reduce the incidence of embarrassing leaks, Apple had put in place some stringent in-house measures that were aimed at identifying and weeding out employees who divulge important info and data to unauthorized third parties. The legal direction is to add further bite to Apple’s pursuit of individuals who continue to expose it to its competitors and sometimes provide misleading information to the public.

The internal security measures in place seem to be holding firm concerning iOS 15 – at least for now, as no leak has come through concerning Apple’s in-development operating system.

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