$198,183.84 in iPads, on the Government Card

A Cleveland VA logistics worker bought $198K of iPads and iPhones on his work credit card and fenced them online. His partner was caught in Indiana with $29K of the electronics, 16 iPhones, a loaded Glock, and other people’s credit cards.

Jagger used his logistics position at the Cleveland VA Medical Center to buy $198,183.84 worth of iPads, iPhones and other goods on a government-issued credit card, keeping some and reselling others through an online marketplace.

McKinley was stopped on a traffic violation in Indiana carrying more than $29,000 worth of the electronics en route to resell them in Chicago. Agents seized 16 iPhones, 8 iPads, a loaded Glock 43, credit cards in other people’s names and $4,262 in cash from McKinley — and more card-bought goods at Jagger’s home.

Both pleaded guilty.

"purchase $198,183.84 worth of iPads, iPhones, and other electronics and goods"
— U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Ohio

Source: U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Ohio. Case file in the VA Fraud case files — part of the VA Fraud record. Cases are published as the courts decided them; amounts are stated as the Justice Department states them (billed, stolen, or ordered in restitution, as labeled).