In May of 2012 a software executive from Silicon Valley involved in a particularly large-scale case of barcode fraud made headlines. Thomas Langebach, who was the vice-president of the software giant SAP created fake barcodes to receive massive discounts on, of all things – Lego sets…
It seems Mr Langebach had a bit of a thing for Lego – when he was arrested by police on the 8th of May of 2012, hundreds of unopened boxes were found in his house. His manner of operating was quite simple – he created duplicate barcodes for cheaper Lego items and switched these with the barcodes on the more expensive boxes, getting a substantial discount. He then sold these Lego products on eBay for a nice profit. His total items sold through eBay was 2 100, earning him $30 000, although it appears not all of these items were...
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