Thieves were reportedly able to use a compromised email to reroute the car to a different destination
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- A Lamborghini Huracan owned by an MLB player was reportedly stolen by hackers as it was being shipped to Las Vegas.
- Police haven’t said much, but reports suggest the bad actors were able to reroute the car to a different destination.
- The Lamborghini was recovered less than a week after it was reported missing and the case led to multiple suspects as well as other stolen vehicles.
Kris Bryant plays for the Colorado Rockies, but spends the offseason in Las Vegas. This causes some logistical challenges, so the third baseman enlisted a shipper to transport his 2023 Lamborghini Huracan to Sin City.
Unfortunately for Bryant, the car never arrived at its destination. Colorado’s Cherry Hills Village Police Department says the car was reported missing on October 2 and this sparked a multi-agency investigation into what happened.
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Investigators eventually discovered that the transport company fell victim to a “business email compromise,” which they described as a “sophisticated scheme allowing suspects to arrange unauthorized transport of vehicles nationwide.” This reportedly enabled the bad actors to reroute the car to another destination in Las Vegas.
Using license plate recognition cameras, police were able to retrace the route taken by the truck and trailer, transporting the Lamborghini, as it arrived in the Las Vegas area on September 30. A week later, on October 7, authorities recovered the car and apprehended multiple suspects.
This turned out to be a goldmine for police as they received information on other individuals involved. This paved the way for the “discovery of two additional stolen vehicles, multiple fraudulent VIN packages, fake registration documents, key fobs, and VIN-switching tools.” It also appears that the investigation led to another stolen car being recovered in California.
While the department didn’t mention Bryant in their press release, the Denver Post reported the connection and spoke to Detective Justin Smith who told them, “Any time we can get back somebody’s vehicle that’s been stolen, that’s a win for us.” He added, “We would treat it no differently if it was someone’s F-150 versus a Lamborghini.”
