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RTX 5090 Shipments Worth $500,000 Vanished Into Thin Air At São Paulo Airport, Distributor Says This Has Never Happened In Nearly Four Decades Of Operation

A NVIDIA GeForce RTX graphics card hovers in front of an airport with several parked airplanes.

Two pallets of ZOTAC-made RTX 5090 GPUs arrived at the Guarulhos International Airport terminal in São Paulo, worth around $500,000, but according to the latest report, the flagship GPU shipments had gone missing after a distributor filed a complaint. After seeing the ravenous demand for NVIDIA’s flagship GPU, its launch price of $1,999 climbed to a whopping $5,000–$7,000, making it an opportunity of a lifetime for criminals who want to sell the top-end graphics card at a premium through online marketplaces. The estimated $500,000 figure only covers the cost of the actual RTX 5090 shipment; retail pricing could be significantly higher. […]

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