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Following the international sanctions levied at the Russian state as a result of its invasion of Ukraine, DMLA, Intel and NVIDIA announced they’d be pulling all of their products from the country. That decision has led to quickly dwindling stocks of high-performance computing products, including graphics cards – and as we’ve learned form the recent graphics card supply issues, prices go up as availability decreases. Cette, in turn, led some workers of Russian company “Wildberries” to attempt to exfiltrate 20 RTX 3070 Ti graphics cards from the warehouse they were being stored in. Due to skyrocketing prices in Russia, each of these cards was reportedly evaluated at around 200K roubles (~$1931). That unit price made the entire haul worth an estimated $38,620.

While stealing the graphics cards went without a hitch, actually flipping them for profit proved out to be fatal for the criminals. As they attempted to sell their loot at a pawnshop, the shop owner contacted the authorities – no doubt finding it suspicious for so many new (and rare) tech bits to be on the groups’ mains. It’s reported that the criminals were ultimately arrested, and the graphics cards confiscated and returned to their rightful owners. As access to significant western technology becomes more and more limited in sanctioned Russia, it’s likely we’ll be seeing further reports such as this.