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Brazilian authorities have implicated three airport workers in the theft of two pallets of Zotac GeForce RTX 5090 graphics cards valued at roughly $470,000 from São Paulo's Guarulhos airport. The shipment, imported from the United States by distributor Oderço Distribuidora, vanished in late September before it could be transported onward to Curitiba. Soon after, one of the stolen GPUs surfaced on the online marketplace OLX for over $6,000, where its listed serial number directly matched the missing inventory before the post was removed. [1][2]
Police reports indicate that the heist was an inside job carried out across several days. CCTV footage captured two outsourced forklift operators moving the pallets out of a warehouse on September 21, while a third staff member allegedly manipulated airport systems so the cargo could bypass electronic security checkpoints. The hardware was loaded onto a truck that investigators have not yet located. [1][2]
The incident highlights the intense black-market demand for Nvidia's flagship silicon. High demand has created extreme shortages, leaving the RTX 5090 missing from standard retail shelves and commanding over $9,300 to $10,000 through third-party sellers. [1][2]
Oderço Distribuidora, a Brazilian importer and distributor of computer hardware, recently revealed that the two pallets of RTX 5090s imported from the US went missing at the São Paulo airport while on the way to the company.
via TechSpot
One of the GPUs from a stolen shipment of RTX 5090 graphics cards has appeared for sale online. Police have identified three employees at an airport who stole the goods.
via Tom’s Hardware