Samsung Employee in Wheelchair stole 8474 smartphones from HQ

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Well, this is something you won't every day, a Samsung employee in a wheelchair was able to steal 8474 smart-phones from the South Korea HQ. He did so in a time-frame of two years. 



The man stole the phones for developers between December 2014 and November 2016 at the Samsung headquarters in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province. He sold the phones to a second-hand phone retailer for 800 million won (US$711,743). He joined Samsung in 2010 when the Korean tech giant offered jobs for people with disabilities and worked for the maintenance of old phones that are used by developers to study upgrades or new features. 

All Samsung employees are required to go through a body scanner before leaving the office but Lee bound in an electronic wheelchair was allowed to skip the security check. Samsung reported the case in December last year after finding out some not-for-sale phones were distributed in Vietnam. 

The police said he used the money to pay off his debt worth 900 million won from gambling. 

Samsung Employee in Wheelchair stole 8474 smartphones from HQ


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