The FBI recently indicted four men in a particularly brazen series of cargo thefts in the Philadelphia area, the most notable of which included 234,474.80 stolen from a truck parked at a Walmart. It contained cash equivalent to US dollars.
Defendants Rakiem Savage, Ronald Byrd, Haneef Palmer, and Malik Palmer allegedly carried out a series of robberies beginning on March 1, 2023 and ending in July. Charges include conspiracy to commit a crime against the United States, robbery to impede interstate commerce, theft of interstate cargo, theft of government funds, possession of goods resulting from theft of interstate cargo, and aiding and abetting these crimes. .
The indictment was sent to Overdrive In addition to the robbery, the FBI release details the men’s efforts to unload and sell stolen goods, including televisions, beer, liquor, frozen crab legs, shrimp, and meat.
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The FBI accused the men of carrying the stolen goods in a white box truck with Pennsylvania license plate ZVT-6600. According to the FBI, Byrd acquired the truck on March 11, and by March 17, Savage had used it to steal 60 cases of Jose Cuervo Tequila from a trailer in Philadelphia.
On April 1, all four defendants used the same box truck to steal six Continental refrigerators from a tractor-trailer, the FBI continued. The FBI indictment details that over the course of April, the defendants allegedly sent messages offering to sell frozen shrimp and Samsung televisions, which they then stole.
But the most publicized incident occurred on April 13, when men allegedly stole $234,474.80 worth of dimes (weighing about 10,000 pounds) from a tractor-trailer. There is. According to local media, the truck was parked at the Walmart on Byberry Street at the time of the theft. The FBI said the men were recorded texting a link to an online “value calculator” that would calculate the value of the stolen dimes without having to count them.
The FBI said the men used Coinstar machines to obtain thousands of dollars worth of dimes, but Palmer also deposited up to $1,500 worth of dimes into his bank account multiple times. .
On July 18, the FBI announced that four men were found in possession of several hundred yen in cash stolen in the April 13 robbery. Philadelphia is home to one of the nation’s largest mints.
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The robbery included threats of violence, the FBI said. Specifically, the April 1 refrigerator robbery incident states that the defendants “illegally removed, obtained, and illegally took six Continental refrigerators belonging to National Refrigeration & A/C and being transported by Catashov.” The allegation is that he aided and abetted the transfer and acquisition of such materials. A Katashov employee has stolen stolen property against his will, with actual or threatened force, violence, and threat of immediate and future bodily and property injury, i.e., by grabbing or carrying. I pushed him under the box truck as I was dropping him off. ”
Catashov Inc.’s latest FMCSA filing describes it as a general freight carrier with 24 drivers and 24 power units. The truck was a white 2020 Volvo VNL, according to the indictment.
The FBI wrote that the dime fell from a Freightliner with Indiana plates and a trailer with Maine plates.
Along with the criminal charges, the FBI sent a forfeiture notice to the defendants stating that “any property (real property or personal) constituting or deriving from proceeds traceable to the commission of such violation shall be forfeited to the United States.” ”. However, it is not limited to this. A stolen dime and everything I bought with it.