A New York man is accused of conspiring to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of cargo and sell it, including seafood that was supposed to be shipped by a Maine freight company, and beer that was supposed to be delivered to Portland.

Romoy Forbes, 31, was indicted on two charges, Leah Foley, U.S. attorney for the District of Massachusetts, said in a news release Tuesday.

Forbes and other co-conspirators allegedly stole $800,000 worth of goods, in part by posing as trucking companies in fraudulent emails, according to Foley, who said the man was arrested on Feb. 5 in New York.

In early June 2025, Forbes allegedly obtained a shipment of beer from a brewery in New Jersey worth roughly $35,000. Foley said that the beer was supposed to be delivered to a customer in Portland, but it was instead taken to Long Island, New York, to sell to someone else.

In mid-July of last year, Forbes allegedly obtained nearly 34,000 pounds of frozen snow crabs, worth about $325,000, from a warehouse in Massachusetts. The crabs were supposed to be shipped by a Maine company to Florida, according to court documents, but Forbes allegedly brought them to a loading dock in New York instead.

Forbes also allegedly conspired to steal $430,000 worth of cologne in New York that was bound for Los Angeles.

Court documents also allege that Forbes conspired to steal blueberries of an undisclosed value from a warehouse in New Jersey that were supposed to be shipped to Illinois, but court documents cite text messages that indicate Forbes intended to sell them to someone for $4,000.

Forbes faces a charge of interstate transportation of stolen goods and a charge of conspiracy. Both come with fines of up to $250,000, while the former charge can result in up to 10 years in prison and the latter five years, the U.S. attorney’s news release states.