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"Kind of silly that he got a lengthy sentence after arguing that he was "testing" the software, didn't spend any of the money, and returned it all when asked."
by throwaway5752 8y ago
"Kind of silly that he got a lengthy sentence after arguing that he was "testing" the software, didn't spend any of the money, and returned it all when asked."
Everything about the story indicates that he was lying, and only returned it when he was caught.
- londons_explore 8y agoI feel like it's the prosecutors job to prove that. Especially if the bank account was with the same bank, then the argument that he was just testing looks quite strong. The money isn't 'stolen' till it leaves the bank. A financial company I know regularly does test payments between employee and automated robot accounts, often on production systems, and they're either trivial amounts (under a dollar) or huge amounts (over a billion dollars). The goal is that the small payments are inconsiquential, and the huge ones are so big there is no way they won't get noticed.