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As far as scams go, it's a strange and confusing one—and on the rise. The New York Times delves into the world of "strategic theft," which it describes...

What happened: Bokksu, which sells Japanese snacks in subscription boxes, bought $100,000 worth of unique-flavored Kit Kats from Japan and planned to sell them for around $250,000 in the U.S. However, the Kit Kats never reached customers after being handled by fraudsters who got hold of them in the supply chain, according to a New York Times report. How it all started: Bokksu hired Shane Black and his freight brokering company, Freight Rate Central, which is based in Saratosa, Florida, to trans...

The rest of the unique-flavored Kit Kats reportedly remain stored at a California facility

A New York company bought the candy from Japan hoping to sell it in the United States for a profit, but it was allegedly stolen during shipping.

Scammers stole $250,000 worth of Kit Kats from a company that sells Japanese stacks. Half of the candy is missing; the other half remains in storage.

This is an instance of a computer-based form of fraud dubbed 'part identity theft, part extortion'. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Kit Kats became the key players in an ultimately frustrating saga of shell email accounts, phantom truckers, supply-chain fraud and one seriously bewildered cargo freight broker.

Danny Taings company offers rare Japanese snacks in subscription boxes to candy-loving Americans. The company orders shipments of candy in Japan and repacks them to sell with a markup.

The long, strange criminal trail of one stolen load of valuable sweets.

Danny Taing’s 55,000 Kit Kats began their long, twisted and sometimes obscure journey in Japan. Taing is the founder of Bokksu, a New York company that sells Japanese snacks in subscription boxes, and he intended to make a tidy sum by flipping the sweets stateside. The Kit Kat shipment, which included sought-after flavors such as melon, matcha latte and daifuku mochi, had cost $110,000, but Bokksu expected to make about $250,000 in total revenue. Sign up for The Morning newsletter from th...