MESA, Ariz. — Multiple UPS employees have been arrested by Mesa police for allegedly redirecting packages to their homes instead of shipping them to their intended destination.
Casey Bedell, 31, Jeremy Large, 33, Bo Arias, 34, and David Panasci, 31, were taken into custody this week after Mesa police responded to a UPS facility near Higley Road on Dec. 17 for reports of a fraud.
Public records show the workers allegedly admitted to partaking in a scheme that involved creating fraudulent shipping labels with fake names and placing them on packages in order to mail the items to their personal residences.
The suspects would allegedly remove packages of electronics from the facility's shipping line and change their shipping address.
Mesa police searched the Valley homes of the suspects and reported finding the stolen items, records show.
One of the suspects allegedly told police they had been conducting the scheme for the last 12 months. UPS discovered the alleged fraud after conducting an internal investigation and contacted local authorities.
Mesa police said its investigation into the alleged scheme is ongoing.
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