The former UPS employee, who was fired for allegedly stealing and selling Apple products worth $1.3 million, pleaded guilty. He also explained where he spent his income.
The employee named Orville Martirez Beltrano, who committed a theft of $1.3 million by stealing and selling 866 Apple products from a UPS warehouse in Canada between July 2023 and January 2024, was dismissed in January.
During searches of his vehicle and home, he found $9,000 in cash, a Mac laptop and jewelry worth more than $9,100 packed in a bag in his vehicle. The jewelery was also found to be stolen. Beltrano admitted that he obtained the money seized from his vehicle by selling Apple products.
He bought a house and a car with the money;
Beltrano, who is charged with theft over $5,000, theft under $5,000, possession of property obtained through crime over $5,000, and possession of proceeds of crime, was found to have bought himself a house worth $630,000 and a $60,000 Audi vehicle with the money he earned as a result of the theft. .
Court documents show Beltrano deposited a total of more than $232,000 in cash into bank accounts between September and January. Judge’s approval is awaited for the seizure of houses, cars and bank accounts.