Two pallets of Zotac RTX 5090 graphics cards went missing at Guarulhos International Airport in São Paulo, Brazil, with the total cargo value nearing $500,000. Distributor Oderço, which disclosed the incident, has launched an investigation, but the specific whereabouts of the graphics cards remain unknown.
The RTX 5090 had a suggested retail price of $2,000 at launch, but current market quotes in some regions exceed $8,000, with certain high-end models even surpassing $10,000. While the missing cargo is valuable, the nature of the incident remains under investigation.
Foreign media outlet Tech4gamer reports in detail:
Two pallets of Zotac RTX 5090 graphics cards, valued at $500,000, went missing at an airport in Brazil. The distributor has launched an investigation, but details remain unclear. This incident is quite bizarre. The distributor stated that in nearly 20 years of import operations, they have never encountered a similar situation.
As is well known, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 currently commands astonishingly high prices. The GPU had a suggested retail price of $2,000 at launch, but its price has now surpassed $8,000, with some high-end models exceeding $10,000. Therefore, even the loss of a single graphics card would result in substantial losses for sellers or buyers.
A new report states that RTX 5090 graphics cards worth nearly $500,000 went missing at an airport in São Paulo, Brazil. The distributor has been investigating the matter, but as of now, it remains unclear what exactly happened.
Given the extremely high value of these GPUs, they are frequent targets for scammers. This shipment is worth a significant amount, and if it wasn't due to an operational error by airport staff, it is likely a case of GPU theft.
Distributor Oderço revealed that two pallets of Zotac RTX 5090 graphics cards went missing at São Paulo's Guarulhos International Airport. The company's CEO stated that they have been in the import business since 2008, and this is the first time such an incident has occurred.
Unfortunately, the specific details remain unclear. No one knows whether the GPUs went missing at the airport, if there was an issue during handling, or if there is another cause. The distributor has begun an investigation, and the matter is still being looked into.
As prices continue to rise, these graphics cards are becoming increasingly attractive targets for theft.
This incident is unusual because the distributor has been operating for nearly 20 years without encountering anything similar. However, GPU prices have never been as high as they are now, so we may be dealing with a case of cargo theft.
