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Someone with a case of the Mondays tried to pull off a real-life Office Space accounting scam


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2023 Jan 12, 6:06pm   346 views  3 comments

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But this being real life, Ermenlido Castro got caught because he flew too close to the sun. And while there bought an incriminatingly large amount of swag.

A Zulily employee since late 2018, Castro introduced his malware in February 2022, diverting shipping fees from some customers to a personal account, affecting more than 30,000 transactions. Castro also manipulated the price of merchandise on Zuliy, buying nearly 1,300 items, worth more than $41,000, for only $250. While Castro claims that the money he stole is all gone, thanks to GameStop and other bad investments, when police searched his house, they found the hundreds and hundreds of items, some in the original packaging, shipping labels still attached.

Zulily caught on to Castro's little scheme last June and soon enough fired him. Castro is accused of stealing more than $300,000 from Zulily, including $260,000 in electronic payments and more than $40,000 in merchandise. He later confirmed to police "that he named his scheme to steal from Zulily after the movie."

So, ummmmmm, Castro is gonna need to go ahead and come into court for his arraignment on Jan. 26. Mmmmmmk.


https://ew.com/movies/office-space-inspired-accounting-scam/

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1   Ceffer   2023 Jan 12, 6:10pm  

DOJ: "We think he holds promise, and are thinking of promoting him to Ukrainian money laundering."
2   Tenpoundbass   2023 Jan 12, 7:35pm  

Stupid bastard got greedy. In a company like that, there's always a money man(The Owner or CEO) that toils over daily, weekly, and monthly reports. That's all they are interested in. It's guys like that, that funded my 30 years as a software developer. They didn't use or even look at the CRM or ERP, they wanted custom applicants, that they could slice and dice data and see their bottom line in Realtime, based on how much product moved. They don't miss a trick. Out of everyone in the Enterprise that send a Report to. The Owner or CEO(If they are worth a fuck) question any and all suspicious data. "Go check again, there was more Fuck Joe Biden Underoos sold last month, there's gotta be!"
And when they are suspicious of the data, that perhaps my filter was off, they are always right. It's as if they don't even need the app or reports, they just like having it align with what they already know.
How ever these guys are penny wise and dollar foolish. They don't track incidentals, stuff like shipping fees paid vs shipping fees paid. He could have got away with that for years, before getting caught. Fucking with the Mech, that was just stupid.

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