New York theft ring ringer condemned

The British legislature is aimed at people who play music publicly on the trains of iPhone speakers, a notorious string call of an “open iPad” and a stalking case in which an Airtag in the Apple Crime Bloter is involved this week.

The latest in an occasional Appleinsider Series that looks at the world of Apple-related crime.

Man who was convicted of the “grinching” theft ring, which often achieved fraudulent Apple Store purchases

The man who says that the public prosecutor's office has a ring of thieves who aimed at specially drunk people in Manhattan night clubs for theft of their phones and credit cards. Julian Pomales headed a gang that the public prosecutor used with the stolen means to buy “Apple products worth 420,000 US dollars and other luxury goods”, which were then resold for cash.

The process in accordance with a press release from the district prosecutor of Manhattan, Alvin L. Bragg Jr., was referred to as “grinching”.

Accordingly West Side SpiritThe gang would steal the club gates and then use the stolen credit cards and phones in late -evening visits to the Fifth Avenue Apple Store, which is open 24 hours a day. The gang would also show their purchases in social media posts.

Pomales, also known as “Grinch”, was sentenced to the second degree in the second degree, first degree, robbery and burglary in the third degree and conspiracy to fourth degrees for great theft. Two other members of the ring had previously guilty.

British politicians are calling for fines for those who play music from phones on public transport

With many cultural discussions about the tendency for people, loud music and videos on their smartphones without headphones, there is a political effort to do something about it.

Accordingly The BBCThe Liberal Democrats in Great Britain have proposed fines of up to £ 1,000 (approx. 1330 US dollars) for “headphones -dodgers”, which according to public traffic were music or videos.

There is already a statute of anti -social behavior on trains, but the proposal is to change the law to “expressly ban music and to prohibit videos from a phone on trains and buses in England”.

The Lib Dems are a secondary celebration in England, and while the proposal has a certain support without the support of the Labor government, the idea is “it is unlikely that you will become a law,” says the report.

Son of the NFL trainer who called the prank received the number of “Open iPad”.

On several occasions, including in 2018 and 2024, team diads from NFL players were stolen, with playbooks and other proprietary team information.

In April there was another top-class iPad security injury in which the NFL was involved.

During the NFL design at the end of April, the quarterback prospect Shedur Sanders received a string call from someone who claimed to represent an NFL team who designed him in the middle of Sanders' draft slide. Involved in the prank, per ESPNWas Jax Ulbrich, the 21-year-old son of Atlanta Falcons assistant coach Jeff Ulbrich.

Jax said he got Sanders' phone number of an “open iPad” in his father's house.

Although no criminal complaints were spoken in connection with the acquisition of the telephone number, the falcons and the older Ulbrich were occupied by the NFL with a fine of six -figure amounts. The younger Ulbrich, who does not work for an NFL team, was not punished, even though he apologized to Sanders.

Indiana -Mann for stalking in the Airtag -accused

One person who holds an Airtag for the car of another person for stalking has become such a frequent event that the state of Ohio recently banned practice.

At the end of April there was another case in neighboring Indiana, although it was great than most others.

Per WevvIt started when a woman received an “unknown air day”, not long after he had eaten and a woman who walked around her car noticed. The next day, a man she did not know that she appeared at home and “removed a black magnetic box that contained the tracking device from her vehicle”.

It turned out that the woman she had seen in the restaurant had a protection order against the man. This woman noticed that he had followed her with an Airtag and put the device on another vehicle to throw the man off.

The police received an arrest warrant and searched the man's house, where they discovered “a weapon, some meth, psychedelic mushrooms and an apple day”. He was charged with several crimes, including drug possession, violations of violations, a firearm as a criminal and illegal surveillance.

The state legislator in Florida has passed a measure that determines steeper punishments for those who use airdays or similar devices in the commission of “dangerous crimes”.

Accordingly Politics in FloridaThe legislation would use the punishments for “shameful, use persecution technology to commit or facilitate crime of murder, kidnapping, human trafficking, domestic violence and 22 further violations”. It has unanimously adopted both houses of the legislator and is waiting for the signature of governor Ron Desantis.

Airpods pursues “massive accusations” of stolen goods, including the popular guitar

The police in Lawrence, Kan.

Per Local 12The stolen objects included expensive laptops, charging cables, keys and a guitar of great personal sentimental value for the local musician known as “Outlaw Jake”.

Man who was arrested because he had stolen the construction company's construction company

A man from Missouri, described by of Fox 2 now In mid -April

According to the report, the man was integrated into the company's IT area on a surveillance video and contained the box with the iPhones. He took the box home at the end of his layer.

Singer Lynda Trang Dai issued a delay in the procedure for shoplifting Gucci Airpod's case

The prominent Vietnamese-American singer Lynda Trang Dai was granted a Gucci-Airpods case in Orlando after her arrest in January for shop theft in January.

Per VN ExpressThe singer keeps her innocence and is “no longer concerned or anxious”. She claims that she bought perfume and left the AirPods case on the counter, even though it ended up between her belongings. She was arrested when she returned to the shop the next day.

The judge's iPhone stolen during the cricket game

A chief judge in India had his iPhone 14 stolen during a cricket game at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai in mid -April. Ndtv reported.

The judge's iPhone was taken in the middle of the crowd when he entered the stadium for the match between the Mumbai Indians and the Sunrisers Hyderabad. A probe is in progress.