Overview
- The seafood was being transported by Rexing Companies to Costco locations in Illinois and Minnesota.
- The load was collected in Taunton, Massachusetts, and never reached its destinations.
- Rexing’s chief executive says the theft fits a pattern of criminals impersonating carriers using spoofed emails and burner phones.
- U.S. media report that the FBI is investigating; no arrests have been announced and Costco did not immediately comment.
- Rexing calls the $400,000 loss significant for a mid-sized brokerage and urges stronger federal enforcement tools to curb organized cargo theft.