Danny Taing’s 55,000 Kit Kats began their long, twisted and sometimes obscure journey in Japan. Taing is the founder of Bokksu, a New York company that sells Japanese snacks in subscription boxes, and he intended to make a tidy sum by flipping the sweets stateside. The Kit Kat shipment, which included sought-after flavors such as melon, matcha latte and daifuku mochi, had cost $110,000, but Bokksu expected to make about $250,000 in total revenue. Sign up for The Morning newsletter from the New Y
The long, strange criminal trail of one stolen load of valuable sweets. Danny Taing’s 55,000 Kit Kats began their long, twisted and sometimes obscure journey.
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