By swapping them with the fake ones during the delivery process...
A man working in an e-commerce firm stole 10 Apple iPhones on Thursday by swapping them with fake ones during the delivery process, police reported.
As per the complaint filed by Ravi, the station in charge of Matrix Finance Solution, AirPods and iPhones were in the package which was delivered to the customer's address by the accused delivery executive Lalit on March 27.
The accused did not deliver the package containing fake iPhones to the customer, he instead gave the replica iPhones to his brother Manoj, who later deposited them back to the company in pretext of that customer could not be contacted.
After noticing some discrepancies with the packaging, the delivery company decided to inspect the parcel. When they found counterfeit phones inside, according to the police.
The customer, who ordered the phones had no choice but to cancel their order, the authorities revealed.
Against Lalit on Wednesday the Bilaspur police station registered an FIR under section 420 (cheating) and 408 (criminal breach of trust by employee) of the India Penal Code.
The authorities are currently making efforts to apprehend the accused, who is currently on the run, according to their statement.
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