This is heinous.

Men cruise around homeless shelters, the 16th Street Mall, and plasma donation clinics in an effort to find people desperate for money.

The men will drive victims to Apple stores and convince them to sign numerous contracts for numerous iPhones. Victims will then be paid $100 or more in exchange for several iPhones.

The iPhones can be unlocked and sold on the international market for more than $700 dollars each.

The victims sign up for these contracts, get some quick cash, end up on the hook for thousands of dollars or ruined credit.

9Wants to Know observed an Apple store employee collect Sauer’s information for several contracts.

The same Apple employee was seen giving Sauer’s new iPhones directly to the schemers.

If this is true, I assume that employee is about to spend some time in jail. Heinous. [Via 9to5Mac]