SAP exec accused of faking bar codes to steal Legos

[dixiegrrrrl]

A multi-millionaire exec at SAP Labs in Palo Alto allegedly created his own bar codes in order to buy Lego at very, very cheap prices from Target.

"They ( the police)allege that Langenbach, a multi-millionaire VP at SAP Labs Integration and Certification Center attempted to certify certain bar codes without integrity.

He stands accused of creating his own bar codes, wafting along to Target, switching the bar codes on Lego items, and then buying them at drastically reduced prices."

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57438825-71/sap-exec-accused-of-faking-bar-codes-to-steal-legos/

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[Stargazer09]

1. Why didn't I think of that???

I could really use some extra cash right now, and printing my own versions of barcodes would be really easy nowadays. Stick a copied barcode for a small Lego set over the one on a really big set, and bingo! Cheap Legos! (Obviously, I have no intention of doing this, since I value my freedom and they don't allow knitting needles in prison.)

My question is why a multi-millionaire would need to do something like this. Is he secretly obsessed with committing a criminal act, just for fun? Or did he somehow lose too much of his money on who knows what?

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. yes, that is the weird part...

and then to sell them on Ebay....
maybe he is not as cash rich as he is just paper rich.

[OllieLotte]

3. Clearly the guy was not "right in the head". n/t

[Celebration]

4. yeah, seems like a weird form of dementia or something n/t