Progress has been made in the investigation into the disappearance of a batch of flagship graphics cards in Brazil during transit. Police have identified three employees at São Paulo's Guarulhos Airport who are suspected of stealing two pallets of Zotac GeForce RTX 5090s, with the total value of the cargo amounting to approximately $470,000.
This batch of graphics cards was purchased from the United States by Oderço Distribuidora, a Brazilian hardware importer and distributor. They were originally scheduled to be delivered to a warehouse in Maringá but disappeared within the airport premises. Company representatives stated that government agencies and airport management have yet to provide an explanation for the whereabouts of the cargo, and the company has not seen any surveillance footage of the pallets being moved, prompting them to make the incident public.
Subsequently, a Brazilian television station discovered a listing on the classifieds platform OLX for a graphics card疑似 from the stolen batch, with the seller asking for slightly over $6,000. The product photos clearly showed the serial number, which matched those of the stolen graphics cards upon comparison. The advertisement did not contain any information that could identify the seller, and the relevant page has since been deleted.
Reports indicate that one of the suspected employees may have registered the graphics cards as cleared in the internal system, allowing the cargo to pass electronic security checks. Subsequently, two pallets of graphics cards were loaded onto a truck that has yet to be located. The case is still under investigation; the three employees are currently only suspects, with existing information neither confirming their conviction nor specifying the quantity of recovered items. There are also rumors that NVIDIA will discontinue the RTX 5090 and redirect the GB202 chip towards professional graphics cards, but NVIDIA has denied these claims.