FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas (CW39) – The Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office (FBCSO) seized 20 pallets of stolen Dell servers valued at approximately $700,000 from a storage facility located in the 23000 block of FM 1093 in Richmond, Texas.
The bust was a team effort between Arizona law enforcement, the FBCSO Burglary and Theft Unit, and the targeted business based in Dallas, Texas.
On September 23, 2025, a cargo theft of Dell servers happened at a business in Chandler, Arizona, and was reported to the Chandler Police Department. The shipment of 122 palletized servers bought from a company in Dallas, was intercepted in Arizona through fraud.
On Thursday, October 16, 2025, the Chandler Police Department called the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division after finding online listings that offered the stolen servers for sale. Investigators think the equipment was being stored at a facility in the 23000 block of FM 1093 in Richmond, Texas. Communication with the individual posting the servers for sale confirmed that the serial numbers matched those reported as stolen…