A man was recently arrested for allegedly stealing and selling 1,800 iPhones. He had ordered 2,000 iPhone 7 phones using his work’s Verizon account but he only gave 200 of those iPhone 7 to employees. The remaining 1,800 iPhone 7 he kept and then sold.

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According to local reports, Brian Pearsall, 45, of 403 Tiffany Lane, has been charged with first-degree larceny and will appear in Meriden Superior Court on Aug. 20

From the story, Brian worked at a hazardous waste management company called Tradebe and he “used his position to steal a large quantity of Apple iPhones from the company and then sold them for his own personal gain.”

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Pearsall was authorized to order new or replacement phones from Verizon Wireless’ online portal, which were charged to Tradebe.

A representative from Verizon contacted Tradebe on Aug. 6, 2019 after an audit showed that over 2,000 iPhone 7s were purchased in the previous 12 months for 99 cents each, the report said. Only 200 of the phones were activated on the Tradebe account.

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When a colleague emailed Brian to ask what was going on, he reportedly replied saying he was “hustling on the side and selling them – the iPhone 7 handset.” And this was how the situation started going downhill for Brian!

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