The Americas is Apple’s largest regional market.
In 2023, iPhone generated $51.31 billion in profit for Apple.
A man was accused of stealing millions of dollars in Apple products that were destined for an Asian country.
Apple has become one of the preferred brands in the world (even due to crime), because despite the fact that some of its products at the time of being launched reach prices well above their competition, they end up being a success in sales such as It happened recently with the iPhone 14.
In New Hampshire in the United States, a man was denounced for stealing 2 million dollars in iPads, iPhones, Apple Watch and MacThis was announced by a press release from the country’s Prosecutor’s Office, which also refers to the fact that in 2022, Wu, the subject involved, accepted $700,000 to divert the shipment of Apple devices by his company Hai Xing Qiao, where he is also accused of committing other offenses.
“To cover his tracks, the defendant claimed that law enforcement seized Apple products and sent the victim company a false document titled ‘Proprietary Disclaimer’ purportedly issued by the United States Postal Inspection Service.”
After the corresponding investigations, the man pleaded guilty to participating in this operation and will therefore receive his sentence on October 4. At the moment, he faces a sentence of close to 10 years in prison, 3 years of supervised release and a fine of 250 thousand dollars, as well as the restitution of what was stolen.
Recently, certain cases have been made known that link the theft of devices, particularly iPhone and iPad, with establishments in Chinathe information that has been provided indicates that they end up being sold for parts or used for the assembly of others that are sold as originals.
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Particularly in the United States, massive iPhone thefts that occur during concerts and musical events have been linked. The complaints made by the assistants coincide in a lot.
A video published by Barely Sociable indicates that it could be an international criminal network that aims at the massive theft of electronic products. In many cases, victims reported that when using Find My iPhone, the location it pointed to was in China, in the city of Shenzen, in a Huaqiangbei neighborhood that is characterized as a second-hand spare parts market for smartphones. .
Another case that gave a lot of what you are talking about occurred in 2020, in an operation coordinated by employees of a Russian airline that managed to raise 50 million dollars thanks to the smuggling of Apple products, such as the iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch.
This scam, according to the investigations carried out by the FBI, occurred over several months in 2019, which caused the United States to heavily sanction the Russia’s largest airline, Aeroflot Airlines.
On the other hand, according to the company’s 2021 figures, Apple has a billion iPhone users. So this figure is similar to the installed base, which is different from the number of iPhones sold to date.
In this sense, and among its data shared in its annual reports, the brand founded by Steve Jobs highlights that America is its largest regional market, with net sales of 51.5 billion US dollars in the first quarter of fiscal year 2022. the company.
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