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Rogue IT troubleshooter pleads guilty to scamming Cisco

Andrew Norton

what to do with the money 

he should have used it to bribe *ahem* LOBBY senators and representatives to give him retroactive immunity. Works for all the OTHER scam artists in the telecom/network sector....

Dave

IRS 

I love it that they do him for tax evasion for not declaring his illegal income.

It just goes to show that the British had the last laugh after US Independence, because they ended up with the IRS instead.

kain preacher

@IRS 

Did you know since 1978 there have been over 12 attempted bombings of an IRS building. None has succeeded, all has been thwarted. I'm convinced that the IRS could find Bin laden, the missing CDs from the NHS.

William

LOL 

Boffin

damn why is there no cisco in south africa??? i want that dudes job

jubtastic1

The psychology of this is interesting 

The nature of the service agreement means the fraud is obviously going to come to light yet he runs up an amount that ensures he'll get fingered. I wonder just how long Cisco ignored the numerous missing returns before he reckoned scamming a quarter million piece of network gear wasn't *guaranteed* to send him to jail?

On that note, quarter million for an optical card? reminds me of the days when Quantel charged similar amounts for retouching workstations.

Anonymous Coward

Cisco Certified Engineer ! 

So that's what "certified" means.

Over here we call it "Care in the community"!

Former Gas Mask Jockey

@ William 

Happy

There is Cisco in South Africa....

Its called Dimension Data.....

spam

Cisco supply chain problem 

IT Angle

I would question Cisco's parts management process. How in the world could this fellow order advance replacement parts for equipment that he did NOT control?

joe K

Silly man 

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If you've stolen over $6million dollars, surely the first thing you do is go to Brazil, spend $25k on plastic surgery , another $25k on a new identity, $500k on a luxury beach apartment, $50k on a beach bar, $150k on a boat, stash the rest away in a Cayman account and live a life of utter bliss, chillin out with a hot Brazilian model !

Instead he chose to chill out with a cold piece of Cisco kit!