Thanks Jason for this one. This has been all over the local news here in Seattle. Apparantly, this Microsoft guy made money off of Microsoft in more ways then one.
For a year, Daniel Feussner lived an extravagant life. He bought a Ferrari, a Hummer, diamond rings — and the crown jewel, a 51-foot yacht. (So thats why Windows XP was priced so high - ED)
The young Microsoft manager was so proud of his possessions he displayed them on a personal Web page.
But federal agents allege his newfound wealth was derived from a scheme in which he ordered $9 million in Microsoft software, ostensibly to be used in-house, then sold it on the street at reduced prices.
In a criminal complaint unsealed yesterday in U.S. District Court in Seattle, Feussner was accused of 15 counts of wire, mail and computer fraud. Each count carries a maximum of five years in prison, according to prosecutors.