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Thieves Arrested for Swapping RTX 5080 GPUs at Esports Hotel
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THE BRIEF
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Two men were arrested in Wuhan, China, on July 20 for stealing high-end Nvidia RTX 5080 graphics cards from gaming hotel rooms and replacing them with cheaper RTX 3060 units.
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The suspects reportedly generated 80,000 yuan (approximately $80,000) by selling the stolen hardware at half the market price before a power outage on July 18 led to their discovery.
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Police recovered two stolen graphics cards that had not yet been shipped to buyers after hotel staff investigated the tampered PC cases following the suspects' request for a room change.