$1.3M USD of Apple products stolen from Winnipeg warehouse: court documents
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A former Winnipeg UPS employee is being accused of stealing $1.3 million USD worth of Apple products and reselling the goods.
A former Winnipeg UPS employee is being accused of stealing $1.3 million USD worth of Apple products and reselling the goods.
The details of this investigation came to light in a statement of claim filed in Manitoba’s Court of King’s Bench last week by the Director of Criminal Property Forfeiture. The claim lists Orville Martirez Beltrano as a defendant.
According to court documents, the investigation began when UPS noticed packages destined for Thunder Bay, Ont., were missing.
The claim says Beltrano was employed as a part-time local sorting supervisor at the UPS warehouse on King Edward Street from 2013 to January 2024.
In a statement to CTV News Winnipeg, UPS said as this is an active court case it is referring any questions to authorities.
According to the statement of claim, Beltrano stole approximately 866 Apple products from the UPS Warehouse and sold them on the online classified website “Kijiji”.
On Jan. 22, police arrested and charged Beltrano with:
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