Chinese Worker Detained for Giving Customers a Sneak Peek at iPhone 6 Wall Street Journal (09/16/14) Jie, Yang Chinese police detained an employee of the Apple Inc. contractor Foxconn on Sept. 4 for allegedly stealing shells of the new iPhone 6 from a factory in Shanxi province. Police allege that the suspect, identified only by the surname Qiao, sold six shells for $960 to an electronics market in the city of Shenzhen. Qiao reportedly found an advertisement from someone who wanted to purchase Apple products, and when he called the number in the ad, someone offered $160 for every iPhone 6 shell he could provide. On July 24, Qiao allegedly hid one shell in his pocket and avoided a security check at the factory by leaving at the peak of quitting time, when large groups of workers were exiting the factory at the same time. Qiao then allegedly stole five additional shells and sold them to the same buyer. The theft, which was discovered by Foxconn in mid-August, remains under investigation.
Posted on: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 15:30:19 +0000
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