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Nor Cal Embezzler Spends $1 Million On Cell Phone Game
WHEN a criminal managed to embezzle $6 million from his employer, he understandably went on a spending spree with his new fortune.
Kevin Lee Co admitted to purchasing luxury cars, a golf club membership and season tickets to the San Francisco 49ers and the Sacramento Kings with his small fortune.
While these items are what you would expect a multi-millionaire to spend his loot on, the $1.34 million he spent on in-app purchases for mobile game Game of War come as a surprise.
The 45-year-old California man pleaded guilty in federal court to embezzling $6 million from heavy-equipment company, Holt California, between May 2008 to March 2015.
As the manager of the company’s accounting department, Co was able to conduct hundreds of unauthorised credit card transactions.
While Co’s spending on Game of War is widely excessive, he is not the first person to become entangled in the game, which has a daily revenue of $961,000.
http://www.news.com.au/technology/gadgets/mobile-phones/thief-steals-6-million-from-employer-spends-134-million-on-inapp-purchases-for-mobile-game/news-story/abaa2ae0e877ba4927898ef6773b1eac
Kevin Lee Co admitted to purchasing luxury cars, a golf club membership and season tickets to the San Francisco 49ers and the Sacramento Kings with his small fortune.
While these items are what you would expect a multi-millionaire to spend his loot on, the $1.34 million he spent on in-app purchases for mobile game Game of War come as a surprise.
The 45-year-old California man pleaded guilty in federal court to embezzling $6 million from heavy-equipment company, Holt California, between May 2008 to March 2015.
As the manager of the company’s accounting department, Co was able to conduct hundreds of unauthorised credit card transactions.
While Co’s spending on Game of War is widely excessive, he is not the first person to become entangled in the game, which has a daily revenue of $961,000.
http://www.news.com.au/technology/gadgets/mobile-phones/thief-steals-6-million-from-employer-spends-134-million-on-inapp-purchases-for-mobile-game/news-story/abaa2ae0e877ba4927898ef6773b1eac
If I have a million bucks, the last thing I'm doing is spending it on a fucking cell phone game. These things are designed to pray on the easily addicted.