Business & Tech
Microsoft Employee Acused of Stealing $9K in Software
A Redmond man faces felony charges for allegedly shoplifting software from the company store and selling it on eBay, SeattlePI.com reports.
A Microsoft employee is facing felony theft charges after police say he stole nearly $10,000 worth of software from the company's campus store and sold at least some of it on eBay.
As SeattlePI.com reports, Ulugbek Shodmonov, 31, of Redmond is accused of shoplifting $9,900 worth of software from the company store on several occasions last fall.
According to the PI, Redmond Police believe Shodmonov acquired the software by taking items from a locked room that is accessible only to employees and loading them into a laptop bag he had placed in a changing room beforehand. Police also say Shodmonov sold some of the items he had previously purchased at a deep employee discount.
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Company investigators said they discovered Shodmonov had sold 17 copies of Microsoft software and 18 Xbox 360 games on eBay.
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