Feds crack train heist involving new Detroit vehicles, black market key fobs – By Robert Snell (The Detroit News) / July 6 2020
Detroit — A Dearborn man stole more than 1,000 key fobs from new vehicles loaded on freight trains in Detroit, federal prosecutors said Monday.
Jason Gibbs, 41, was charged following a two-year investigation that involved train cops, an automotive black market and a trail of evidence that led to eBay. That’s where a mystery seller was hawking stolen devices that could be reprogrammed to provide keyless entry to vehicles made by General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co. and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, according to an affidavit written by U.S. Postal Inspector Mykeita Brown.
The affidavit and criminal complaint charging Gibbs with theft from an interstate freight shipment describes a lucrative scheme that generated tens of thousands of dollars and targeted brand new vehicles delivered by train to Detroit, including the Ford Mustang Cobra, Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and Ford F-150 Raptor.
A lawyer for Gibbs is not listed in federal court records.
The investigation focused on a CSX Transportation rail yard in New Boston, near Detroit Metropolitan Airport, where GM, Ford and Fiat Chrysler haul new vehicles made in Michigan and neighboring states.
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