Master Criminal Steals 19 iPhones From New York Apple Store By, Get This, Wearing A Blue Shirt

They’re calling it “the perfect crime”.

Actually, no one is calling it that, because it required almost zero effort and should not have worked for even a second.

But indeed, 19 iPhones were lifted from a New York City Apple Store on June 1, by a thief who went to the effort of putting on a blue shirt that helped him kinda resemble Apple employees.

According to DNA Info, the suspect walked up to the SoHo store’s repair room, opened a drawer and snatched 19 iPhones, amounting to $US16,000 (or $AUD21,578).

He was assisted by some kind of genius who reportedly disappeared the phones in the most innovative and discreet manner they could think of: hiding them under his shirt.

In fairness to the SoHo store, Apple reportedly trains up new employees at that particular location, so turnover there is pretty high; meaning, new faces don’t arouse suspicion… even, apparently, if their shirts are bulging with Apple product.

Anyway, fire up the Bat Signal or summon legendary detectives Velcoro and Bezzerides, because New York has a new supervillain on its hands: The Devil In A Blue Shirt.

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