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A gentleman in the southeast orange-growing state was caught and accused of mining cryptocurrency at work, according to the Tampa Bay Times:
TAMPA — A Department of Citrus employee was arrested after he used state computers to produce virtual currency for himself, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
Matthew McDermott, 51, of Davenport was the information technology manager for the Florida Department of Citrus, the agency that oversees the state's citrus industry... [H]e used several computers in the Department of Citrus to mine for virtual currency, which include bitcoin and litecoin.
He wasn't just mining--he was allegedly really, really into it, to the tune of tens of thousands of Department of Citrus dollars:
Utility bills for the department jumped by more than 40 percent between October 2017 and January 2017, at a cost of about $825... McDermott also spent more than $22,000 using a state purchasing card between July and December, [buying] 24 graphic processing units, the FDLE said.
"Grand Theft" and "Official Misconduct" were his charges upon arrest. With bail set at just $5,000 (less than 1 BTC), he probably made bail pretty quickly.
It seems that mining cryptocurrency is the new en vogue temptation scandal.
Also at The Week, whose story mentions the previous incident at Russian nuclear facilities.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by JoeMerchant on Thursday March 15 2018, @09:02PM (1 child)
I knew someone who was fired for some other reason that was not a legitimate basis for firing, but running seti@home on a work computer was something they could put in writing on the discharge form, does that count?
Grocery store I worked for provides "free, no tipping" carry out service. Except, in the neighborhood I worked in, all the customers tipped - and even got upset if you refused the tips. So, at that store, when management wanted to fire anyone, they'd put them on package duty then go catch them accepting a tip. Base pay was around $5-7/hr there, and the average tip for carry out was $1 (much higher around Christmas), so tips amounted to over half of actual income - especially after taxes; everybody, including management when doing package duty, took the tips.
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(Score: 2) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Friday March 16 2018, @03:27PM
It could if you're looking for reasons to deny unemployment or not in a right-to-work state. Misuse of equipment is certainly a disciplinable event.
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