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Wow. The guy is a Vice President of a major business software company. He has to be making very good money and he resorts to doing something like this? Not even that, he does it himself rather than getting someone else to do it for him. 
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Thomas Langenbach: SAP Executive Arrested In False Barcode Scheme, Resold Stolen Lego Boxes on eBay
It's not a surprise these days to see people using their smartphones to scan bar codes; after all, businesses large and small use QR codes and bar codes to digitally package hidden content, product information like pricing, or even contests and sweepstakes within those black-and-white boxes. With scanning being so commonplace, nothing seemed out of the ordinary when Thomas Langenbach, the vice president of SAP -- a top maker of business management software solutions based in Palo Alto, Calif. -- was found scanning boxes upon boxes of Lego toys before purchasing them.
Little did anyone know, the 47-year-old Langenbach was actually engaged in a giant scam. Allegedly, Langenbach had been covering the store's barcodes with his own, so when he would bring the boxes up to the register, the clerk would scan the boxes but Langenbach would pay a heavily-discounted price. For example, this tag swapping allowed him to buy a Millennium Falcon box of Legos worth $279 for just $49. The store clerks were never the wiser.
But Langenbach's scheme didn't end there. Once he bought the discounted Lego boxes, the SAP executive would take to eBay (under the name "tomsbrickyard") and sell the items. Langenbach reportedly sold more than 2,000 items on eBay, raking in about $30,000.
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Thomas Langenbach: SAP Executive Arrested In False Barcode Scheme, Resold Stolen Lego Boxes on eBay
It's not a surprise these days to see people using their smartphones to scan bar codes; after all, businesses large and small use QR codes and bar codes to digitally package hidden content, product information like pricing, or even contests and sweepstakes within those black-and-white boxes. With scanning being so commonplace, nothing seemed out of the ordinary when Thomas Langenbach, the vice president of SAP -- a top maker of business management software solutions based in Palo Alto, Calif. -- was found scanning boxes upon boxes of Lego toys before purchasing them.
Little did anyone know, the 47-year-old Langenbach was actually engaged in a giant scam. Allegedly, Langenbach had been covering the store's barcodes with his own, so when he would bring the boxes up to the register, the clerk would scan the boxes but Langenbach would pay a heavily-discounted price. For example, this tag swapping allowed him to buy a Millennium Falcon box of Legos worth $279 for just $49. The store clerks were never the wiser.
But Langenbach's scheme didn't end there. Once he bought the discounted Lego boxes, the SAP executive would take to eBay (under the name "tomsbrickyard") and sell the items. Langenbach reportedly sold more than 2,000 items on eBay, raking in about $30,000.
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