Overview
- The shipment was dispatched from a Lineage Logistics facility in Taunton for Costco warehouses in Illinois and Minnesota, according to Rexing Companies.
- Rexing alleges the thieves posed as a legitimate carrier using spoofed communications, a tactic industry groups say mirrors a broader pattern of strategic cargo theft.
- Transportation Intermediaries Association leader Chris Burroughs says the case likely ties to organized cargo crime, citing telltale email spoofing details reported in the pickup.
- Accounts differ on whether the load contained live lobsters or processed meat, reflecting unresolved facts as the inquiry continues.
- Rexing says it is cooperating with the FBI and the TIA; no arrests or recovery have been announced, and officials note cargo theft losses nationally are estimated in the tens of billions of dollars each year.