Apple Goods Valued at More Than $1 Million Said Stolen by Workers From Foxconn Factory in China

Chinese workers outside the Foxconn factory in Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China, on May 27, 2010. STR/AFP/Getty Images

Workers at Foxconn Technology Group’s Shenzhen City, China, factory—which manufactures Apple products—are said to have stolen more than 200,000 certified Lightning headphone connectors valued at millions of yuan, according to Chinese tech news site Chongdiantou.com.

Chongdiantou.com reported via an Aug. 9 post on Sina Weibo—a social-media platform similar to Twitter—that an insider working in the Apple accessories supply chain said that some workers at the factory stole Apple C100 and C101 Lightning MFi (“made for iPhone, iPod, iPad”) connectors for headphones. Foxconn was missing an entire pallet shipment of the goods, which would number about 200,000. Several Foxconn workers have reportedly been arrested in connection with the theft.