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Apple’s ‘Find My’ app tracks down AirPods Pro allegedly stolen by Quebec hotel employee

Tuesday, December 20, 2022 4:25 pm2 Comments

A Toronto woman says she used Apple’s Find My app on her iPhone so that Quebec police could track down her Apple AirPods after an employee…

Iowa man accused of stalking victim using Apple AirTags

Monday, December 12, 2022 3:57 pm2 Comments

A Bettendorf, Iowa man was arrested for allegedly placing Apple AirTags on a woman’s car and using the item trackers to stalk her…

Victims of Apple Store crash file lawsuits claiming negligence

Wednesday, November 30, 2022 2:47 pm5 Comments

Two victims injured when a car drove into an Apple Store in Hingham, Massachusetts filed lawsuits this week claiming various development…

Man robbed of $95,000 worth of iPhones outside Apple Store Fifth Avenue

Wednesday, November 30, 2022 9:58 am18 Comments

A man carrying 300 iPhones, worth some $95,000, was beaten and robbed near Apple Fifth Avenue early Monday morning, NYC police said…

Driver in deadly Hingham Apple Store crash claims it was accident

Tuesday, November 22, 2022 2:43 pm6 Comments

The man accused of crashing an SUV through the front window of an Apple Store in Hingham, Massachusetts said his foot got stuck on the gas…

Driver in deadly Massachusetts Apple Store crash arrested, charged with reckless homicide

Tuesday, November 22, 2022 10:28 amTuesday, November 22, 202211 Comments

Prosecutors announced Tuesday they have arrested 53-year-old Bradley Rein after an SUV crashed through an Apple Store in Hingham, killing…

Bound, gagged, and buried alive survivor’s Apple Watch helped save her more than once

Wednesday, November 16, 2022 10:29 am6 Comments

According to police documents, the Washington woman who used her Apple Watch to make a desperate 911 call while bound and gagged…

Man steals Macs in brazen armed robbery of Virginia Apple Retail Store

Thursday, November 3, 2022 9:13 amThursday, November 3, 202210 Comments

Police are on the lookout for a suspect described as “a black male in his 20s” after a man with a gun robbed Apple Store Clarendon in…

Former Apple employee admits defrauding company out of more than $17 million

Wednesday, November 2, 2022 3:27 pm2 Comments

A former Apple employee pleaded guilty Tuesday to defrauding the tech giant out of more than $17 million over seven years, federal…

Apple’s iPhone trade-in program has a major flaw – theft in transit

Monday, October 17, 2022 12:47 pmMonday, October 17, 20229 Comments

Apple’s iPhone trade-in program has a major flaw: Apple relies on third-parties to collect and deliver customers’ old iPhones which…

Apple AirTag leads to arrest of alleged serial luggage thief

Wednesday, August 17, 2022 9:31 am7 Comments

Florida police have arrested a suspected serial luggage thief, an airline subcontractor, thanks to an Apple AirTag item tracker…

Man uses Apple AirTag to guide police to his stolen vehicle

Tuesday, July 26, 2022 1:51 pm4 Comments

A Memphis, Tennessee man used his Apple AirTag to guide police to his stolen vehicle, a Hyundai Santa Fe SUV…

Woman drops Apple Watch at Disney World, claims $40,000 in fraudulent credit card charges

Monday, May 23, 2022 11:26 am8 Comments

A woman lost her Apple Watch Hermès on a ride at Walt Disney World last month and subsequently claimed approximately $40,000 of fraudulent…

Stalker allegedly used an Apple Watch in his ex’s car’s wheel to secretly track her

Monday, March 28, 2022 4:04 pmMonday, March 28, 20228 Comments

A 29-year-old Tennessee man was arrested over the weekend for allegedly attempting to track his ex using an Apple Watch hooked…

Former Apple employee faces federal charges after allegedly defrauding the company out of millions of dollars

Saturday, March 19, 2022 12:45 pm22 Comments

A former Apple employee is facing federal charges after he allegedly defrauded the company out of millions of dollars over the span of…

Apple granted restraining order against alleged armed Tim Cook stalker

Tuesday, January 25, 2022 4:36 pm6 Comments

Apple has been granted a restraining order against a Virginia woman it said has been stalking Apple CEO Tim Cook for more than a year…

Apple AirTag prevents double theft of truck

Tuesday, January 25, 2022 12:18 pm3 Comments

In Texas, a Fayette County Sheriff’s deputy was flagged down in the community of Ellinger by a man reporting an Apple AirTag in his truck…

U.S. public school employee gets 18 months in federal prison for stealing Apple devices meant for school children

Friday, January 14, 2022 3:38 pm5 Comments

U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Kristy Stock to 18 months federal prison for stealing Apple devices meant for school kids…

Texas Mom tracks down Christmas decoration Grinch with Apple AirTags

Friday, December 17, 2021 8:47 am5 Comments

A real-life Grinch, who tried to steal Christmas, had their holiday heist thwarted by a Texas mom, thanks to Apple AirTags …

Police warn Apple AirTags are being used by thieves to track and steal high-end vehicles

Friday, December 3, 2021 11:15 amFriday, December 3, 20217 Comments

Canadian police ware warning that Apple AirTags are being used by thieves to track and steal high-end vehicles…

I tracked down my stolen car with an Apple AirTag

Friday, October 15, 2021 10:45 am3 Comments

Reddit user “thinkscotty” unfortunately had his car stolen recently, but then “thinkscotty” remembered he’d put an Apple AirTag inside…

Thieves used Apple Store’s own sales devices to steal millions in gift cards

Tuesday, September 28, 2021 9:56 am2 Comments

Thieves stole Apple Retail Store employees’ “Isaac” handheld sales devices, then used them to send themselves some $1.5 million in Apple…

Man pleads guilty to stealing photos of nude women from Apple iCloud accounts

Tuesday, August 24, 2021 8:28 amTuesday, August 24, 20215 Comments

A Los Angeles County man broke into thousands of Apple iCloud accounts to steal and share images of nude young women …

Woman handcuffed at gunpoint saved by her Apple Watch

Tuesday, August 17, 2021 12:28 pm19 Comments

A 31-year-old man is accused of holding a young woman captive. However, the victim cleverly contacted her mother using her Apple Watch …

UK man arrested for 2020 hack of Apple’s Twitter account

Wednesday, July 21, 2021 5:21 pm7 Comments

A citizen of the United Kingdom was arrested today in Spain pursuant to a U.S. request for his arrest in connection with the Twitter hack …

Former Minnesota trooper pleads guilty to texting himself nude photos from woman’s iPhone

Monday, June 21, 2021 9:42 amMonday, June 21, 20217 Comments

On Wednesday, a former Minnesota state trooper pleaded guilty to texting himself intimate nude photos from a woman’s iPhone after she’d…

Smartwatch and phone data led husband to confess to murdering his wife Caroline Crouch

Friday, June 18, 2021 4:01 pmFriday, June 18, 20215 Comments

A 33-year-old Greek pilot has confessed to the killing of his young British wife, Caroline Crouch, police say, in a crime that shocked…

Florida murder suspect used iPhone to track victim, police say

Monday, May 10, 2021 4:07 pm24 Comments

A Florida murder suspect observed a man buying expensive items at Orlando’s Mall at Millennia and attached an Apple iPhone to the victim’s…

Apple target of $50 million ransomware hack of assembler Quanta

Wednesday, April 21, 2021 2:27 pm5 Comments

Quanta, one of Apple’s primary assemblers, was hit with a ransomware attack from a Russian operator claiming to have stolen blueprints…

Fake app approved by Apple’s App Store stole man’s life savings in bitcoin

Tuesday, March 30, 2021 4:51 pmTuesday, March 30, 202123 Comments

Apple bills its App Store as “the world’s most trusted marketplace for apps,” where every submission is scanned and reviewed, ensuring…

Siblings plead guilty to offenses involving the sale of 800 stolen MacBooks

Monday, March 22, 2021 4:36 pm12 Comments

Patricia Castaneda, 37, of San Carlos, pleaded guilty today to federal program theft, and in a separate case, her brother Eric Castaneda, 36…

Twitter hacker who targeted Apple, Elon Musk, others gets three years in prison

Tuesday, March 16, 2021 4:53 pm4 Comments

The Tampa Bay teenage hacker who took control of several well-known Twitter accounts — Apple, Elon Musk, Kanye West, Bill Gates…

Police use Apple Watch to find kidnapped woman

Monday, January 25, 2021 10:17 am1 Comment

A man is facing charges after he allegedly kidnapped a woman who used her Apple Watch to call for help as he drove with her in a truck bed…

Argument leads to shooting at Apple Store in Atlanta’s Lenox Square Mall

Saturday, November 21, 2020 10:55 am70 Comments

An argument resulted in a person being shot inside Lenox Mall at the Apple Store on Friday afternoon, Atlanta police say…

Thieves steal $6.6 million of Apple products in UK truck heist

Tuesday, November 17, 2020 9:30 am10 Comments

In UK truck heist, thieves stole millions of dollars worth of Apple goods. Police in the United Kingdom said on Tuesday they were hunting…

Apple Fifth Avenue glass cube remains barricaded as worries about election unrest mount

Wednesday, October 21, 2020 9:22 am49 Comments

Companies are installing reinforced glass. The Apple Fifth Avenue glass cube remains barricaded since June…

Apple helps FBI track down man accused of firebombing Seattle police cars

Monday, September 28, 2020 5:18 pm15 Comments

Apple has aided the FBI track down a man accused of firebombing Seattle police cars with Molotov cocktails. A 20-year-old man…

Apple’s ‘Find my’ app helps bust sex trafficker

Monday, February 24, 2020 2:29 pmNo Comments

Apple’s ‘Find my’ app has helped to bust an alleged sex trafficker. A New Orleans man is accused of prostituting his girlfriend in a number of U.S. states…

Suspect’s Apple Watch used to prove he was lying about anti-Semitic stabbing

Friday, January 3, 2020 1:30 pmFriday, January 3, 20202 Comments

Sean Sammit said he was attacked as he left a synagogue that day in the Jewish community in West Bloomfield, but his story didn’t add up…

Apple iPhone’s Emergency SOS feature saves Virginia woman from sexual assault

Tuesday, December 31, 2019 8:49 am3 Comments

The woman was about to get into her Uber to go home when she says, “This guy came up to me and said, ‘I lost my phone… can you help me find my phone?'”

Apple supplier Foxconn to look into alleged fraud involving $43 million in flawed iPhone parts

Wednesday, December 18, 2019 12:55 pmWednesday, December 18, 201913 Comments

A Taiwanese businessman has purportedly worked with a group of management staff at Foxconn’s Zhengzhou facility to obtain and assemble flawed iPhone parts…

Apple supplier Japan Display to review past earnings after fraud warning

Wednesday, November 27, 2019 12:01 pmWednesday, November 27, 20194 Comments

Apple supplier Japan Display on Wednesday said the compnay would review its past earnings after a former accounting executive notified the company…

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