Microsoft investigating further possible frauds

A LOCAL Seattle newspaper is reporting that other arrests and firing - in addition to Daniel Feussner, accused of $9 million worth of fraud - could follow his arrest early last week.

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer Reporter said today that Feussner is alleged to have abused MS Market, an internal system that allows Microsoft employees to order unlimited copies of its software.

The paper said that Microsoft is investigating a number of other instances which could result in dismissals or criminal prosecutions.

Feussner is due to appear today in a federal court to see whether he should be given bail. He has been in custody since his arrest.

He, as we reported here earlier, faces five counts of wire fraud, computer fraud and mail fraud, and is alleged to have resold Microsoft software he obtained using the internal MS Market freebie system. The newspaper article in the PI is here.

Perhaps the bosses in Redmondia should see what type of flashy cars poor employees are driving.

An ex-Novell employee tells us that in the old days if employees parked cars in Utah that were in any way "flashy" or ostentatious, Ray Noorda would have a quiet word with them - and in one case even offered to buy a car off an employee because it outshone anything else in the car park. µ

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