News MS staffer pleads guilty to $6m software racket

From The Register:

A former Microsoft worker has been caught stealing $6 million of software from Microsoft's internal store in the third case of its type in recent months.

Kori Robin Brown, 31, a former administrative assistant In Microsoft's Xbox video console and games division, "ordered more than $6 million worth of Microsoft's SQL Server database software and sold it for personal gain between 1998 and 2000", according to a statement by the US Attorney's office quoted by Reuters.

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That's the third employee that's been caught with their hands in the cookie jar! I wonder what her excuse is? "I only did because all the other cool kids where..."

 

Atleast some one is putting M$ money to some good use.

Looks like they dont pay their employees enough either, after ripping us off.

 

I'm supprised they didn't flag this earlier - why would an admin assistant in the X-BOX division need SQL Server software for? Sure, there may be a legit reason, but wouldn't the guys think it was odd that they needed so much? SQL Server may be expensive, but $6 Million = mucho copies!

 

A Micro$oft spokesman was quoted as saying:

hehe