Overview
- Federal agents arrested Forbes, 31, on Long Island, and an initial court appearance is expected in the Eastern District of New York with a later proceeding in Boston.
- He is charged with interstate transportation of stolen goods and conspiracy, according to prosecutors and court records.
- Authorities allege he used hacked trucking-company accounts to secure pickups, then diverted 33,750 pounds of frozen snow crab worth about $325,000 from a Worcester warehouse to a Queens business.
- Charging documents also link him to a June blueberry theft sold for about $4,000 and a July 25 Ronkonkoma load of designer cologne valued at more than $433,000.
- An FBI affidavit points to surveillance images, phone photos, and text messages as key evidence, and the charges carry maximum penalties of 10 years and five years if he is convicted.