Thief dresses like Apple store employee, makes off with 19 iPhones

A man dressed like an Apple store employee waltzed into the company's New York City SoHo location and used the disguise to make off with 19 iPhones, worth over $16,000.

The suspect was wearing a blue shirt that looked similar enough to actual employees that he blended in on June 1, according to DNA Info. He took the phones right out of a drawer in the store's repair room before passing them to an accomplice who reportedly hid the phones under his shirt. 

As Gizmodo points out, thieves used a similar method earlier this year when hitting another NYC Apple store — twice — to steal several dozen iPhones. (There's no indication the two are connected as of yet.)  Read more...