Thieves posing as a food hauler made off with $11.4 million in Nvidia hardware

Oakland police are investigating after six pallets of Nvidia gear vanished somewhere between California and Texas Someone in California pulled off a heist worthy of a streaming-service crime drama. The prop was a truck dressed up as a food delivery operation. Thieves made off with an $11.4 million shipment of Nvidia computer hardware. The Oakland Police Department is investigating, and as of early November there have been no arrests and no recovered goods. How the shipment disappeared The scheme was simple. A truck posing as a food transport company showed up and collected six pallets of Nvidia hardware on August 29, 2026. The load was supposedly bound for Fort Worth, Texas. It never got there. Along the way, the truck made several stops, each lasting multiple hours. Authorities eventually lost track of the vehicle in San Bernardino County. That was the last known location of the cargo. Then came the strangest part of the timeline. The theft wasn’t reported to police until September 13, 2026. That’s 15 days between pickup and police report. For a shipment worth eight figures, two weeks is an eternity. The delay, combined with the level of planning involved, has raised concerns that...