EVGA recently became a crime victim this week, when thieves literally broke into a delivery truck that was leaving San Francisco to Southern California and made off with several NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 series cards. Yes, really.
According to EVGA, the thieves seemed to have confirmed the shipment and truck carrying it at the time, and then proceeded to execute the heist and make off with said cards. EVGA says that the value of the stolen cards ranged from US$329.99 (~RM1372) to US$1959.99 (~RM8150), indicating that there were definitely some RTX 3090 GPUs that were part of the haul, along with some RTX 3060s. At the time of writing, it is not clear how many individuals were involved.
In light of the heist, EVGA has already warned people not to purchase the stolen cards and that it has the serial number of all the cards stolen that day. Simply put, anyone who is in possession of the stolen cards will be unable to register their warranty, nor will it honour any warranty for the pilfered cards. That, and the likelihood of having the person return the marked card.
The ongoing chip shortage – brought on by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic – has clearly made some individuals desperate and others to see opportunities, both legal and illegal, that would net them some small measure of profit.
Of course, this isn’t the first time we’ve reported on gaming products being stolen whilst on the move. Exactly a year ago, we reported on some Romanian gangsters stealing Sony PlayStation 5 (PS5) consoles from trucks while in transit, in what can best be described as something out of a Fast and Furious movie.
(Source: EVGA, Videocardz, PCGamer)
