Ex-Microsoft Worker Sentenced for Theft

19 Nov, 2005 at 6:32pm ET Article published in Tech

A federal judge sentenced a former Microsoft employee on Friday to four years in prison for illegally selling millions of dollars of company software. Finn W. Contini, 37, of Redmond, pleaded guilty in January to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and four counts of money laundering. He admitted ordering 2,700 pieces of software worth about $7 million through Microsoft’s internal ordering program, which he then sold for a personal profit of $2.3 million.

Prosecutors argued that Contini recruited others to take part in the scheme.

“We dispute the characterization he was a ringleader in any way,” Contini’s attorney, Ralph Hurvitz, said Friday.

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Comments

20 Nov 2005 ~ 10:41pm ronbo I'll do 4 years for 2.3 million.....
20 Nov 2005 ~ 10:45pm zero-counter I wonder how much he actually paid, thorugh the program. I know it was worth 7mil, but makes me wonder...
21 Nov 2005 ~ 3:27am Shorty Literally, he pays almost nothing. Allegedly, Microsoft employees pay about $15 per license for almost anything you would like
21 Nov 2005 ~ 8:31am GHoosdum I can't believe they didn't catch on sooner.

"I'll take 2000 copies of Windows Server 2003... you know, for personal use..."
21 Nov 2005 ~ 9:20am airbornflght heh heh heh...how could you not catch that. but honestly. the guy made off with 2.3 mil.
21 Nov 2005 ~ 7:55pm sfleuriet

ronbo wrote:

I'll do 4 years for 2.3 million.....

SERIOUSLY...
21 Nov 2005 ~ 8:34pm Freemymelody wow!-______-;