Desperate times call for desperate measures, and necessity is the mother of invention. Such was the impetus behind events that transpired in an esports hotel in China where two thieves secretly swapped GPUs in their rented rooms, and no one found out until days later. They were only caught after management found signs of tampering with the PC case after they'd already checked out, which eventually led to their arrest.
Esports or gaming hotels are commonplace in some Asian countries. Think of them as fancy, isolated gaming zones where you can go and spend time with a nice PC right in your room. As such, these bandits deliberately picked rooms with expensive RTX 5080 and 5070 rigs that could offer the most return on the secondhand market. They would check into rooms posing as unassuming gamers, just like any other customer.
