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Five Bay Area Men Indicted in Armed Heist of Apple iPhone Shipments

They face up to 20 years in prison under the Hobbs Act following allegations that they posed as federal agents to seize hundreds of iPhones in Oregon.

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Bay Area men indicted for Portland iPhone heist
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Overview

  • The indictment unsealed August 5 charges Cankun He, Hailong Ma, Robert Maynard, Yuxiang Wei and Jordan Cantie with conspiring to steal about 200 Apple iPhones and five cameras from a Portland reshipping business on April 14.
  • He, Ma, Maynard and Wei were arrested August 1–4 and are in federal custody while Cantie remains at large.
  • Prosecutors allege the group used fake FBI jackets, bulletproof vests, zip ties and flashing blue-red lights to impersonate law enforcement during the robbery.
  • A planned second heist targeting a reshipping firm in Hillsboro on May 19 was thwarted when agents intercepted suspects before the crime.
  • The case is part of a broader federal effort to dismantle interstate theft rings exploiting reshipping services for high-value electronics.