FBI: US Customs Worker Stole Intel CPUs From Work PCs for Newegg Trade-Ins
In a bizarre case, a US Customs and Border Protection supervisor allegedly swapped out Intel CPUs, RAM, and storage from agency computers to get in-store credit from Newegg’s trade-in program. Terry Liu, 39, was arrested on Wednesday after surveillance cameras caught him removing the components at a CBP office, according to The Maine Wire.Liu worked as a supervisor at the port of entry in Calais, Maine. A few days later, the footage showed Liu allegedly bringing the desktop PCs into the room and then swapping out the PC parts at midnight.
- ▪In a bizarre case, a US Customs and Border Protection supervisor allegedly swapped out Intel CPUs, RAM, and storage from agency computers to get in-store credit from Newegg’s trade-in program.
- ▪Terry Liu, 39, was arrested on Wednesday after surveillance cameras caught him removing the components at a CBP office, according to The Maine Wire.Liu worked as a supervisor at the port of entry in Calais, Maine.
- ▪A few days later, the footage showed Liu allegedly bringing the desktop PCs into the room and then swapping out the PC parts at midnight.
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In a bizarre case, a US Customs and Border Protection supervisor allegedly swapped out Intel CPUs, RAM, and storage from agency computers to get in-store credit from Newegg’s trade-in program. Terry Liu, 39, was arrested on Wednesday after surveillance cameras caught him removing the components at a CBP office, according to The Maine Wire.Liu worked as a supervisor at the port of entry in Calais, Maine. According to court documents, IT staffers at the site in December realized that “multiple computers” had been modified outside the regular scheduled maintenance, and “not at the direction of CBP management or IT personnel.”“Since late 2025, forty-six (46) computers had been modified without authorization of CBP IT System Managers,” the FBI’s affidavit says.
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