Verizon Tech Charged In $4.5M Equipment Scam

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday December 11, 2011 @10:38PM from the show-me-the-money dept.

McGruber writes "Michael Baxter, a 62-year-old man from Ball Ground, Georgia, was recently arrested and charged with multiple counts of fraud for allegedly placing false equipment orders. As a network engineer at the southeastern regional headquarters of Verizon Wireless, Baxter allegedly submitted hundreds of fraudulent service requests to Cisco. According to prosecutors: 'The service requests were fraudulent in that no parts needed to be replaced, and instead of placing the replacement parts into service in Verizon Wireless network, Baxter simply took them home and sold them to third-party re-sellers for his own profit.'"

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Re:I thought maybe he was... by shoehornjob · 2011-12-11 22:50 · Score: -1, Flamebait

No wonder why their network sucks. You can't get any new parts. Seriously though this guy must have been really stupid to think he could get away with it. A word of advice for ya dude, If you drop the soap in the shower don't bend over to pick it up.

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Re:greed kills by Anonymous Coward · 2011-12-12 03:02 · Score: 0, Flamebait

"could HAVE", dumbfuck.