By: iPadfanzz staff on February 23, 2013
Around 113 smartphones are stolen or lost each minute in the US, and since the iPhone or an iPad are much desired Apple devices, they are quite preferred by thieves. Now the New York Police Department has created a team dedicated to recovering stolen iDevices, the New York Post said.
The team of cops will track down the stolen goods through ID numbers -- known as International Mobile Station Equipment Identity numbers. One of the major reasons of NYPD creating such a team is the reported rise of 40 per cent of iPhone and iPad during a period of last eight months. As of September, 11,447 cases were reported.
Although, identifying stolen phones by their unique identifiers, has been done for several years. But this is the first time a dedicated law enforcement squad has teamed up with a tech giant like Apple to do it.
Reports say the ‘iTheft’ unit has achieving sufficient success in tracking the devices and recovering it. In one case, one iPad was tracked all the way down to Dominican Republic. And in another, they busted a man suspected of selling stolen iPads.
Around 113 smartphones are stolen or lost each minute in the US, and since the iPhone or an iPad are much desired Apple devices, they are quite preferred by thieves. Now the New York Police Department has created a team dedicated to recovering stolen iDevices, the New York Post said.
The team of cops will track down the stolen goods through ID numbers -- known as International Mobile Station Equipment Identity numbers. One of the major reasons of NYPD creating such a team is the reported rise of 40 per cent of iPhone and iPad during a period of last eight months. As of September, 11,447 cases were reported.
Although, identifying stolen phones by their unique identifiers, has been done for several years. But this is the first time a dedicated law enforcement squad has teamed up with a tech giant like Apple to do it.
Reports say the ‘iTheft’ unit has achieving sufficient success in tracking the devices and recovering it. In one case, one iPad was tracked all the way down to Dominican Republic. And in another, they busted a man suspected of selling stolen iPads.
