FBI details how selfies helped nab Chilean gang allegedly targeting pro athletes - ESPN

According to the FBI, burglars who recently targeted famous athletes such as Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and Joe Burrow bounced from city to city using cars they'd rented with fake IDs. They ditched the cars as needed, along with the burner phones they used to coordinate with each other.

They'd hide in woods while monitoring the patterns of security guards, then break into the homes of wealthy athletes by breaking small windows or prying open sliding doors before converting jewel-encrusted watches, designer bags, gold chains and rings into cash, using loot launderers far from their victims.

Their booty had an estimated value of about $3 million, taken from some of America's best-known athletes.

But the seven Chilean burglars who targeted the star athletes over three months late last year also made some rookie mistakes that allowed law enforcement to eventually catch up, as detailed in a 20-page criminal information sheet released by the FBI on Wednesday.

In the document, the FBI lays out how the gang members were undone by allegedly posting photos for co-conspirators to see via an iCloud site.

Images obtained and released by the FBI show three of the alleged burglars, along with an unidentified fourth man, posing with watches apparently stolen from the home of Milwaukee Bucks forward Bobby Portis Jr. Largely because of the images, the men are in federal custody and potentially facing 10 years in prison.

The Chilean gang «is known to travel throughout the United States and burglarize residences belonging to popular and well-known professional athletes» from the NFL, NBA and NHL, the complaint says. The gang «is responsible for stealing jewelry, expensive brand watches, United States currency, and other high-value