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Russia fines EA, others so little it feels like a weird joke (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 6 months ago by fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 24 points 6 months ago (2 children)

A guy did this to Google for years until he was caught.

He just sent fraudulent invoices to Google’s billing department for small amounts and they just paid them on sight without thinking about it.

https://www.npr.org/2019/03/25/706715377/man-pleads-guilty-to-phishing-scheme-that-fleeced-facebook-google-of-100-million

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[–] Jailbrick3d@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

that guy had to have had some kind of addiction he was constantly paying for... every opportunity to quit while he was ahead and he just kept going until he got caught

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[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago

That reminds me of the premise of the movie office space. But somehow it's funnier that it's less sneaky, more overt.

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