A graphics card apparently from a stolen shipment of Nvidia RTX 5090 GPUs, valued at about $470,000, has turned up for sale online. The shipment disappeared from a Brazilian airport, and reports of the theft emerged over the weekend. Brazilian media also report that police and airport authorities have identified three employees believed to have played a part, according to GMC. The report was machine translated.
Guarulhos International Airport released a statement saying that investigating the facts is the responsibility of the competent authorities, who must clarify what happened.
A Brazilian TV news network appears to have spotted one of the missing cards: a Zotac Gaming RTX 5090 offered on the OLX online marketplace for more than $6,000. The seller posted clear photos of the card's serial number, which linked it to the missing consignment. According to the report, nothing is known that would identify the seller, and the listing seems to have been removed since.
Police information cited by the outlet sets out a possible sequence of events. The cargo was imported from the United States and is thought to be worth nearly $500,000. It reached Brazil on September 20 and was registered with customs on September 24. The two pallets went missing after being cleared for release on September 25.
Investigators believe two outsourced forklift operators took the pallets out of the warehouse on September 21, and CCTV apparently recorded it. Police say the equipment was put on a truck that has not been seen since. A third employee, described as a "checker," is said to have released the goods in the system so they could get through electronic controls.
The RTX 5090 is described as the world's best consumer gaming GPU. Strong demand for AI computing has made it all but vanish from ordinary retail channels, and in the few marketplaces where it remains available, nearly always through third-party sellers, it now goes for upwards of $10,000.
