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Costco-Bound $400,000 Lobster Shipment Stolen After Pickup in Massachusetts

The shipper says a driver posing as a legitimate carrier used spoofed communications to divert the load.

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.