A man has been arrested for stealing over 8,000 phones from Samsung over a period of two years. The stolen handsets were sold to a retailer for 800 million South Korean won or $711,743.
The man, simply known as Lee, joined Samsung in 2010. He was able to smuggle the handsets out of the office utilizing his wheelchair, which allowed him to bypass the body scanners that employees are typically required to pass through to prevent such incidents.
Samsung became aware of the problem when it started seeing handsets that were not marked for sale appearing in Vietnam. Lee was using the extra money to pay off his gambling debt, which had ballooned to 900 million won or roughly $800,000.
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