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iPod repairman charged with fraud
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article published on 22 March, 2009
Prosecutors in Michigan have filed fraud charges against an iPod repairman who allegedly received over 9000 replacement iPod Shuffle devices by entering serial numbers into Apple's online web site. He then flipped the devices for full profit.
The man, Nicholas Woodhams, age 23, sold mostly all of the stolen iPods for $49 USD each, making over $400,000 USD profit.
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22. March 2009 @ 22:26 |
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Bad but very clever indeed.
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5fdpfan
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22. March 2009 @ 22:55 |
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The whole thing is pretty funny to me. Got one over on big bad Apple for a little while at least. Ha ha!
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23. March 2009 @ 03:26 |
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who allegedly received over 9000 replacement iPod Shuffle devices
Tee hee hee.
Anyway, I wonder if he manually entered the serials for all of them.
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23. March 2009 @ 11:45 |
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who allegedly received over 9000 replacement iPod Shuffle devices
Tee hee hee.
Anyway, I wonder if he manually entered the serials for all of them.
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And he asked his employees to enter many of them.
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23. March 2009 @ 17:58 |
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And he asked his employees to enter many of them.
Just laughing over a silly internet meme. And I see, thanks for clearing that up!
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23. March 2009 @ 18:32 |
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who allegedly received over 9000 replacement iPod Shuffle devices
Tee hee hee.
Anyway, I wonder if he manually entered the serials for all of them.
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And he asked his employees to enter many of them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBtpyeLxVkI
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bomber991
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23. March 2009 @ 22:05 |
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Um I don't think this guy broke the law. He took advantage of a flaw in apples system.
It's apples fault for sending out the ipods before they charged his credit card. You know when you buy gasoline they temporarily charge $50 on your card before you begin to pump.
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24. March 2009 @ 14:42 |
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who allegedly received over 9000 replacement iPod Shuffle devices
Tee hee hee.
Anyway, I wonder if he manually entered the serials for all of them.
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And he asked his employees to enter many of them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBtpyeLxVkI
hahaha thanks for explaining :)
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jruston
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24. March 2009 @ 14:50 |
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I can't believe he actually got away with it for so long that he made so much money. Very clever to do though.
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chrissd
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24. March 2009 @ 23:13 |
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That's.. Pretty cool really. He's very switched on. But it's still theft and fraud so he's stuffed.
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Yea, he exploited a flaw in the Apple system. But if I hacked a bank tomorrow and stole monies, I'd be sent to jail. Yes they might have a dodgy system, but it's still illegal to take advantage of it.
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cart0181
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25. March 2009 @ 02:17 |
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He is one of those guys who is computer-savvy. This is a very bright man who did not fully appreciate the seriousness of the situation."
He doesn't sound very bright to me. I'm surprised at the number of comments from people that think this was some kind of a genius effort. Intelligence is unequal to Wisdom, I suppose.
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Um I don't think this guy broke the law.
lol! Yeah, it's okay to steal stuff as long as it's from a large enough company, they don't miss it, and as long as there is a flaw in their system which makes it their own fault. Just you try it and see what happens to you! imbecile.
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25. March 2009 @ 03:26 |
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Very clever chap but stupid all the same.
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25. March 2009 @ 05:42 |
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It is definitely illegal, it falls under fraud.
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Fiji5555
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25. March 2009 @ 20:36 |
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Was a really dumb idea since they easily tracked where the Ipods were going. It amazes me how people think they are going to get away with something like this.
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