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- From: bml@netcom.com (Brian Leibowitz)
- Subject: Computer theft
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.050838.29514@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 05:08:38 GMT
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- I heard this story many years ago and was wondering if it really happened.
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- A programmer at a bank changed the interest calculations on accounts
- to round down instead of rounding to the nearest penny. All the fractions
- of pennies were put in a dummy account and then withdrawn. The bank did
- not notice for a while because the amount of interest paid was still correct
- and the books balanced.
- After the programmer was caught, the bank pressed charges. The defense
- was that the programmer did not steal from the bank and thus the bank
- had no right to press charges - the depositors as a group would have
- had to press the charges. The courts agreed and the programmer was
- found not guilty. The programmer could not be retried due to double
- jeopordy laws.
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- Does anyone know if this really happened?
- [the crime sounds likely, but the court ruling may be an UL]
-
- Brian
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