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Software engineer stole more than $300K from employer in ‘Office Space’-inspired scheme: police
NY Post ^
| 12/31/2022
| Matthew Sedacca
Posted on 12/31/2022 4:18:45 PM PST by DFG
He definitely has a case of the Mondays.
A former Seattle software engineer has been charged with stealing more than $300,000 from the web site Zulily in a scheme inspired by the 1999 cult movie “Office Space.”
Ermenildo Valdez Castro, 28, a former employee for the online shopping company, allegedly began siphoning off money from his employer this spring by making alterations to the company’s software, CNN reported.
Castro installed three types of malicious code, which targeted a small portion of Zulily customers and diverted their shipping fees to a bank account he controlled, KIRO reported.
Castro also double-charged some customers for shipping and sent part of the shipping fee to his account, and lowered items’ prices drastically, which he purchased and had shipped to his home.
The employee, who worked there from December 2018 until his June arrest, had stolen $302,278.52 before he was fired.
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TOPICS: US: Washington
KEYWORDS: castro; officespace; seattle; wasthatwrong; zulily
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posted on
12/31/2022 4:18:45 PM PST
by
DFG
To: DFG
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posted on
12/31/2022 4:21:01 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: DFG
Either that or put strychnine in the guacamole
3
posted on
12/31/2022 4:21:52 PM PST
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
To: All
Wasn’t that Richard Pryor’s scam in Superman 3?
To: DFG
Glad he got caught. To avoid hell, he needs to return every penny to every customer. Good luck with that, buddy.
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posted on
12/31/2022 4:24:14 PM PST
by
Falconspeed
("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson.)
To: DFG
Office Space got it from Superman 3 with Richard Pryor...
6
posted on
12/31/2022 4:24:14 PM PST
by
EEGator
To: DFG
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posted on
12/31/2022 4:25:21 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Falconspeed
He needs to go to Federal ‘Pound Me In The Ass’ Prison.
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posted on
12/31/2022 4:27:09 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: DFG
Actually….Superman III. As referenced in Office Space.
To: dfwgator
I believe the Bureau of Prisons keeps the location of PMITA prison a secret.
10
posted on
12/31/2022 4:29:11 PM PST
by
MeganC
(There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
To: DFG
Does he love Michael Bolton’s music?
11
posted on
12/31/2022 4:29:43 PM PST
by
joethedrummer
(We can't vote our way out of this, folks..)
To: dfwgator
12
posted on
12/31/2022 4:29:50 PM PST
by
SamAdams76
(4,762,307 | Truth Social | 87,863,616 | Twitter | Trump Followers)
To: joethedrummer
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posted on
12/31/2022 4:33:54 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: DFG
Anymore that seems like “petty theft” unfortunately.
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posted on
12/31/2022 4:34:46 PM PST
by
Brandonmark
(November 2024 cannot come soon enough!)
To: dfwgator
A great movie.
The best part was the printer being destroyed.
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posted on
12/31/2022 4:37:01 PM PST
by
wally_bert
(I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
To: DFG
This stuff can be subtle. One program I worked on had a 1 cent difference that only occasionally showed up, but the accountants loved to rag on that one penny. The problem turned out to be rounding errors introduced by different parenthesis usage in two ostensibly equivalent calculations.
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posted on
12/31/2022 4:37:31 PM PST
by
glorgau
To: DFG
Yeah, they did it in Superman III.
To: DFG
Dang that Michael Bolton.
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posted on
12/31/2022 4:39:31 PM PST
by
Allegra
To: glorgau
Where is it?
Accountant: Erm...
Chairman: Wilkins?
Accountant: (in tears) I embezzled it sir.
Chairman: What all of it?
Accountant: Yes all of it.
Board Member: You naughty person.
Accountant: It's my first. Please be gentle with me.
Chairman: I'm afraid it's my unpleasant duty to inform you that you're fired.
Accountant: Oh please, please.
Chairman: No, out!
Accountant: (crying) Oh... (he leaves)
Chairman: Yes, there's no place for sentiment in big business.
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posted on
12/31/2022 4:42:21 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: joethedrummer
I celebrate the guy’s whole catalog.
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posted on
12/31/2022 4:46:34 PM PST
by
EEGator
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