{
  "id": 6937525,
  "title": "US Customs supervisor busted for stealing Core i7 CPUs, RAM, and hard drives from Homeland Security PCs, damage estimated at $105,800 — stolen tech swapped with inferior hardware and cashed out on Newegg",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/us-customs-supervisor-busted-for-stealing-core-i7-cpus-ram-and-hard",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-12T14:09:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Tom's Hardware",
    "slug": "tom-s-hardware",
    "url": "https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/us-customs-supervisor-busted-for-stealing-core-i7-cpus-ram-and-hard-drives-from-homeland-security-pcs-stolen-tech-swapped-with-inferior-hardware-and-cashed-out-on-newegg"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The FBI apprehended Terry \"Jiajia\" Liu, a supervisor at the Customs and Border Protection office in Calais, Maine, on charges of theft and damage to government property. Liu is accused of pilfering computer hardware, specifically Intel 14th Generation Raptor Lake Refresh processors, memory modules, and hard drives, from 46 Department of Homeland Security computers situated at three border facilities in Maine. Liu replaced the stolen components with inferior hardware and exchanged the stolen equipment via Newegg's trade-in program for store credit. The damage caused by these actions is estimated at $105,800.",
  "summary": "U.S. Customs and Border Protection supervisor switched hardware from Department of Homeland Security computers with slower components and traded in stolen hardware to Newegg's Trade-In program for store credit.",
  "key_points": [
    "FBI arrests Customs supervisor Terry Jiajia Liu",
    "Liu stole Intel CPUs, RAM, hard drives from 46 DHS computers",
    "Damage estimated at $105,800 via Newegg trade-in program"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}