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FBI Probes $400,000 Lobster Heist After Shipment Vanishes En Route to Costco

Investigators suspect an organized cargo scheme that used carrier impersonation to divert the load.

Overview

  • The load was picked up in Taunton, Massachusetts, and never arrived at Costco destinations in Illinois and Minnesota.
  • No arrests have been announced, and FBI field offices in Chicago and Minneapolis are coordinating on the case.
  • Dylan Rexing, whose firm brokered the shipment, said the theft fits a pattern of high‑value cargo diversions using spoofed identities.
  • Rexing said the loss will delay hiring and reduce employee bonuses at his logistics company.
  • Federal efforts to curb cargo theft include HSI’s Operation Boiling Point and a DOT information request, as authorities estimate annual losses of $15–$35 billion; investigators also noted a similar seafood theft from the same facility earlier this month.