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SEATTLE — A former Microsoft worker has been charged in what investigators describe as a scheme to steal $10 million in digital currency.
The U.S. attorney's office in Seattle says 25-year-old Ukrainian citizen Volodymyr Kvashuk helped test Microsoft's online retail sales platform.
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He's accused of stealing digital currency such as gift cards that could be redeemed for Microsoft products, then reselling them on the internet and using the proceeds to buy a $160,000 Tesla vehicle and a $1.7 million lakefront home.
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Prosecutors say he was fired in June 2018 after the scheme came to light, and that during the seven months of his activity, $2.8 million was transferred into his bank accounts.
Kvashuk was arrested Tuesday. His attorney did not immediately return an email seeking comment.
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Associated Press