How not to invest in Lego...

johncrumpton · 2012-05-23T22:48:02.000Z

A Silicon Valley executive was charged with four felony counts of second degree burglary after allegedly creating his own barcodes and placing them on Lego toys at Target stores to get major discounts. He sold 2,100 items on Ebay and made $30,000. The Supervising Deputy District Attorney is not sure why Langenbach would go to such great lengths. "It's a bit of a head scratcher, the complexity of the crime and the amount of resources needed to commit the crime leave you scratching your head", she said. "Mr. Langenbach is a VP of a successful company, living in a nice home and making money gainfully and in his free time creating false barcodes and going into Target stores and stealing Legos." If convicted, he could face up to five years in prison. http://news.yahoo.com/software-exec-charged-lego-bar-code-scam-131139992--abc-news-savings-and-investment.html

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