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# ‘Office Space’ Inspired Engineer’s Theft Scheme, Police Say
- URL: https://werd.io/office-space-inspired-engineers-theft-scheme-police-say/
- Published: 2023-01-07T15:17:47.000Z
- Updated: 2023-01-07T15:17:47.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:22

“A software engineer siphoned more than $300,000 from his employer by introducing what prosecutors called a “series of malicious software edits” that wired money into his personal account. If the scheme sounds like the plot of “Office Space,” that’s because the authorities said it was partly inspired by the movie.” [#Technology](https://werd.io/tag/Technology)

\[[Link](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/04/us/seattle-fraud-office-space.html)\]