Hackers Steal MLB Star Kris Bryant’s $200K Lamborghini By Rerouting Delivery
Thieves were reportedly able to use a compromised email to reroute the car to a different destination
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.
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.
