Post by tygerarmy on Jul 8, 2011 4:38:51 GMT -5
UPS worker delivered to jail in cellphone 'scam'
He just got elected as a shop steward a couple months ago, supposedly he'd been doing this for years.
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A Queens UPS worker was shipped off to jail after he was caught re-routing iPhone shipments to his house, authorities said yesterday.
Alfonso Suarez, 29, was arrested at home on June 29 for stealing more than $22,000 worth of cellphones, court documents claim. Police nabbed him in a sting operation set up by attaching a GPS device to two packages that were then delivered to him.
Suarez allegedly pulled off his scam from March 16-18 from UPS's Maspeth facility, where he worked part-time for more than eight years as a package handler. He allegedly slapped new shipping labels on six boxes that were later delivered to his house.
In all, he allegedly collected 45 phones, including 30 iPhone 4s.
UPS was tipped off to a problem when the intended recipients reported that the packages were never delivered, sources said.
"UPS does not tolerate dishonesty and will punish cases like this to the fullest extent of the law," said a company spokesman.
Suarez was charged with grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property, cops said.
Alfonso Suarez, 29, was arrested at home on June 29 for stealing more than $22,000 worth of cellphones, court documents claim. Police nabbed him in a sting operation set up by attaching a GPS device to two packages that were then delivered to him.
Suarez allegedly pulled off his scam from March 16-18 from UPS's Maspeth facility, where he worked part-time for more than eight years as a package handler. He allegedly slapped new shipping labels on six boxes that were later delivered to his house.
In all, he allegedly collected 45 phones, including 30 iPhone 4s.
UPS was tipped off to a problem when the intended recipients reported that the packages were never delivered, sources said.
"UPS does not tolerate dishonesty and will punish cases like this to the fullest extent of the law," said a company spokesman.
Suarez was charged with grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property, cops said.
He just got elected as a shop steward a couple months ago, supposedly he'd been doing this for years.
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