The whole thing is a sham. If I found a phone in a bar I couldn't tell an IPhone from some crazy Chinese export. Yet some guy in a bar can identify prototype apple hardware by sight and begins a bidding war? The Apple Engineer and his buddies concocted this whole affair to make money.
This would be an interesting twist. I almost hope that this is true just for the media firestorm that would ensue.
[AK]Bribo
If you were a zombie and I had to kill you, I'd feel sad.