Microsoft Employee Steals $9 Million Worth Of Software

from the oops dept

I have to admit, as scammers go, this one seems to be pretty damn stupid. An employee of Microsoft purchased $9 million worth of software via an internal purchasing account, and then and then resold the software through a middleman for cash. He then spent the cash on fancy cars, motorcycles, jewelry, and a boat. How did he think he wouldn't get caught? At some point, you would think someone in Microsoft would notice $9 million in software that just seemed to disappear...
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    replier, 13 Dec 2002 @ 6:26am

    scammer

    Hmmm ..... so MS didn't notice the first million. Didn't notice the second million ... didn't notice the third million ... didn't notice the fourth million ... didn't notice the fifth million ... didn't notice the SIXTH million ... didn't notice the SEVENTH MILLION ... didn't NOTICE THE EIGHTH MILLION.

    I'm sure the guy thought he'd NEVER get caught.

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    Anonymous Coward, 16 Dec 2002 @ 4:10am

    No Subject Given

    his mistake was that he wasnt working at some dot.com startup with the strong potential to bomb & cover his trail. he should have took the money & left, ken lay style.

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    Oliver Wendell Jones, 16 Dec 2002 @ 7:55am

    Who does their books, Enron?

    Hello? He took them for "more than 1600" software titles which he resold and they're claiming a loss of $9,000,000. That means each title had to have a retail value of $5621. What MS software sells for that much yet is popular enough that you can move 1600 copies?

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