TAMPA, Fla. - Four Cuban nationals have been arrested for running an organized theft ring aimed at stealing the critical computer systems that play a big part in the trucking industry, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.

Sheriff Chad Chronister, alongside Attorney General James Uthmeier, announced the arrests Tuesday after a months-long investigation with 20 cases throughout Hillsborough County, Lee County, Polk County and Duval County.

The backstory:

Investigators say that the men would break into the freightliner tractor truck’s engine compartment by any means possible to secure the engine control module (ECM), oftentimes damaging many other parts in the process.

The ECM is essentially the engine’s brain and it controls various subsystems. Chronister says th

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