Robbers track a man using an Apple Watch, rob him of $500,000 in cash

After tracking down his car, one of the robbers smashed his car’s window with a gun, hoping to find the bag of cash worth $500,000.

A group of robbers in America have robbed a man of $500,000 in cash using an Apple Watch. The robbery took place last year in Connecticut, but the details of the incident surfaced were made public a couple of days ago. Apple Watch was always regarded as a life-saving device as there have been too many incidents of the smartwatch alerting users about their serious heart conditions. However, this could be one of the very first incidents where an Apple Watch was used to carry out a robbery. As per New York Post, the robbery was pulled off by a group of seven people in January 2020 in Hartford, Connecticut. The robbers first spotted the victim, they believed that the victim was “drug runner flush with cash”. To stalk the victim, they stashed an Apple Watch under his car’s bumper. Following this, they located his hotel room and managed to flee with cash.