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Old 08-27-2009, 10:04 AM
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Apple picker goes to prison
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A man from Kalamazoo, Michigan is on his way to jail for allegedly defrauding Apple out of an estimated 9,000 iPods. Click the image to open in full size.

What did he do?

The twenty-three-year-old man, who plead guilty to mail fraud earlier this year, devised a way to obtain the serial numbers of iPod shuffles still under warranty.

By pretending to be an irate Apple customer with a malfunctioning unit that warrants a free replacement, the brazen criminal obtained more than 9,000 iPods and then sold them at a discount for profit.

A federal judge sentenced the man to 13 months in prison. He also has to pay nearly $650,000 in restitution to Apple.

A defense lawyer on the case was quoted saying that the court "showed leniency" with that punishment.
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Old 08-27-2009, 10:09 AM
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lol, I remember this from a while back. Poor fool xD
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Old 08-27-2009, 10:14 AM
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Holly crap!! 9000???
does that mean he made up 9000 names and last names and walked into the apple store to get a new one?? LOL j/k
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Old 08-27-2009, 10:14 AM
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Wow, what an idiot.
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Old 08-27-2009, 10:16 AM
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Haha, I think he is pretty clever. Too bad he got caught
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Old 08-27-2009, 10:40 AM
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lol owned.
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Old 08-27-2009, 10:45 AM
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Wow. 9k?
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Old 08-27-2009, 10:48 AM
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lol oh wow
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Old 08-27-2009, 11:03 AM
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Holy crap , not 50, 100, or even 1000, 9000 iPods greedy bastard.
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Old 08-27-2009, 11:27 AM
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i like it how your all commenting on the amount of ipods he nabbed, insted of the $650k he owes apple, he's gona be paying that the rest of his life
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Old 08-27-2009, 11:30 AM
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You would think that after the first 1,000 or so, Apple would have caught on. Doh!
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Old 08-27-2009, 11:41 AM
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if he hadn't got caught, he would've gone up to 9,000,000... terrific...
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Old 08-27-2009, 11:48 AM
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Old 08-27-2009, 11:54 AM
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it's over 9000!!!
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Old 08-27-2009, 12:06 PM
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I know is wrong. 9000 ipod, That's amazing.
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