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Silicon Valley Exec Thomas Langenbach Charged For Stealing Lego Toys
SAP Labs executive Thomas Langenbach is facing charges that he made fake barcode stickers for Lego toys at Target stores, switched out the real price tags, used the fake stickers and bought the toys at big discounts.
Langenbach was arrested on May 8 and faces burglary charges for switching the barcodes on several boxes of Legos worth about $900. He is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday in Santa Clara County court, according to NBC Bay Area.
According to Langenbach’s LinkedIn profile, he is a vice president at the SAP Integration & Certification Center in Palo Alto and has worked for SAP since 1988. He reportedly lives in a mutlimillion dollar home.
Target reportedly first caught onto the scam when Langenbach bought two Lego sets with discounted bar codes at a Cupertino store on April 20. He had marked down a $120 set to $50, and a $70 set to $25, Mountain View police spokeswoman Liz Wylie told the Mercury News.
Wylie said: “Because Legos are so expensive and because they’re a popular item to steal, Target keeps really close track of inventory. They realized something was off, based on what they had sold and how much money they had made that day.”
Target used their security cameras to see Langenbach switching the barcodes, and distributed flyers with his picture to Target security in the Bay Area,
Store security reportedly noticed him walking into the Target in Mountain View on May 8 and saw him switch another barcode and buy a set of Legos at a discount. They detained him outside the store and called police.
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This sounds like a high-tech
This sounds like a high-tech case of kleptomania. It isn't the money with those people, it's the idea of getting something for free. I predict his defense will be along these lines. "I'm not a thief, I'm sick."
The greed of American
The greed of American executives knows no boundaries. They won't even pay for their kid's toys; they've got to cheat the system. This is a prime example of what happens when we take off regulations on businesses, and don't emphasize ethics in our business schools. The selfish me-ism of the last 20 years since Reagan has got to be quashed once and for all. We have lost the value of caring for our fellow citizens. Greed is not good, despite what Gordon Gecko said. It is what kills civilizations and nations. If conservatives are seriously concerned about preserving American values, then they must look in the mirror before pontificating rubbish.
How do you figure
How do you figure deregulating business made him steal?
Ethics in schools, certainly, but how the former?
The greed of American
The greed of American executives knows no boundaries. They won't even pay for their kid's toys; they've got to cheat the system. This is a prime example of what happens when we take off regulations on businesses, and don't emphasize ethics in our business schools. The selfish me-ism of the last 20 years since Reagan has got to be quashed once and for all. We have lost the value of caring for our fellow citizens. Greed is not good, despite what Gordon Gecko said. It is what kills civilizations and nations. If conservatives are seriously concerned about preserving American values, then they must look in the mirror before pontificating rubbish.