Man Paid 470,000$ over 5 years by a company he never worked for - Polidicks

[quote]SOMERVILLE, N.J. (AP) -- An Illinois man has admitted banking more than $470,000 in paychecks from a New Jersey company he never worked for. Thirty-five-year-old Anthony Armatys (AHR'-muh-tees) of Palatine, Ill., pleaded guilty Monday in New Jersey Superior Court to one count of theft as part of a plea bargain. Prosecutors say Armatys accepted a job with Basking Ridge, N.J.-based telecommunications company Avaya Inc. in September 2002, then changed his mind. But the company's computer system never removed his name from the payroll. Paychecks were deposited into his bank account until February 2007, when Avaya auditors discovered the mistake. Prosecutors are recommending a six-year prison term and restitution. Sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 8. [/quote] Wow i wish that happened to me

I guess he got [i]paid for nothing.[/i] ...fuck it.

[QUOTE=Yahnich;18070697]You want a 6 year prison term to happen to you? You're a funny guy.[/QUOTE] Bail ma self out Duh

Six years for half a million dollars? Hmm. I suppose if I wouldn't have to pay it back after I spent it all...

Well being the victim of fraud is quite a bitch so of course people who commit it deserve their sentences. I mean fraud is such an asshole crime anyways......why would you treat the person(s) who did it lightly?

source plz i wanna post it on facebook

[QUOTE=Jessesmith1;18071052]source plz i wanna post it on facebook[/QUOTE] [url]http://current.com/items/91304341_jailed-for-error-in-your-favor-man-paid-470-000-over-5-years-by-a-company-he-never-worked-for.htm[/url]

lucky bastard

If I were him I would pretent I didn't realise for 6 months or something then tell them.

You can get 6 years in jail because a dumbass company forgot to take you off their payroll? I wonder how much committing a [i]real[/i] crime would get you these days.

[QUOTE=Yahnich;18070697]You want a 6 year prison term to happen to you? You're a funny guy.[/QUOTE] He wants it up the ass for six years. I rated him a gaybow for wanting to take it up the ass for six years.

It's not his job to correct other people's mistakes, he should have to return the money if he can, but a prison sentence is insane. I mean the company could have just corrected the error and forgot about the whole thing and the world would have continued spinning, with one less guy in jail, might I add. This actually scares me because this sounds like something I'd do. If some company started sending me checks, I'd REALLY consider cashing them. [editline]08:02PM[/editline] Although he's going to one of those posh white collar prisons, not so bad in my opinion.

well there should be first-degree and second-degree fraud or something like that because some people actually create and execute a plan to defraud somebody this guy committed fraud by doing nothing so, yeah, they're not really equivalent

Why should it be his responsibility to make sure the company pays the right people? This is fucked up in my opinion. Companies just not wanting to take the blame for their own mistakes so they have to pin it on someone else.

[QUOTE=NO ONE;18070954]Well being the victim of fraud is quite a bitch so of course people who commit it deserve their sentences. I mean fraud is such an asshole crime anyways......why would you treat the person(s) who did it lightly?[/QUOTE] Except this is a huge company that probably makes billions each year and pays their CEOs and execs like 3 million dollars annually for sitting around on their fat arses and going on cruises.

It's not lying if you never say anything. :raise:

[QUOTE=The golden;18070762]White-collar crimes always have over-sized sentences.[/QUOTE] Not really. There's the execs in the corporate sector that get 2 weeks for stealing billions.

That was their fuck up...

I MAY go to jail for 6 years for that amount.

1. What an idiot 2. It's $470,000 not 470,000$

[QUOTE=Yahnich;18070712]Also, why the fuck 6 years for getting paid. It's the company's fault for not fucking checking where they send their money to, if I accidentally give my money to a stranger I will never ever see it again.[/QUOTE] I'm pretty sure he got sentenced because he didn't speak up and just took the money. But it's still the company's fault and they shouldn't rely on a stranger's morality. If I lost a camera and some guy finds it in the ground, it would be my fault for losing it and it shouldn't be his fault for not looking for its owner.

I'd do the same but put it in different accounts just to be on the safe side.

Source please? I'm pretty sure this is old, and that I've seen it before.

[QUOTE=Yahnich;18070775]I guess... I mean here in Belgium, fraud gets you about as much as murder. 5-10 years depending on the amount of money you got.[/QUOTE] This technically isn't even a fraud. He didn't purposely steal the money from them. They paid him accidentally, and he silently took the money. It would be fair if they wanted a portion of money back, but they should no way want to arrest him for 6 years. They will also have no gain from sending him to jail.

Typical. The company makes a mistake and the only guy who profits from it gets the blame. Like you're gonna tell them 'hey, you guys keep sending me paychecks even though I don't work for you'.

Reminds me of Melvin from Office Space. You know, they could have just fixed "the glitch"

[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;18081687]This technically isn't even a fraud. He didn't purposely steal the money from them. They paid him accidentally, and he silently took the money. It would be fair if they wanted a portion of money back, but they should no way want to arrest him for 6 years. They will also have no gain from sending him to jail.[/QUOTE] Its fraud when he knew he wasn't supposed to be taking it, but took it anyway.

Pshh I live in Somerville!

[QUOTE=Mattster;18070710]I guess he got [i]paid for nothing.[/i] ...fuck it.[/QUOTE] Thread music: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po1TsgvOoOY&feature=related[/media]

[img]http://kristerdunn.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/milton.jpg[/img] "Mr. Lumbergh told me to talk to payroll and then payroll told me to talk to Mr. Lumbergh and I still haven't received my paycheck and he took my stapler and he never brought it back and then they moved my desk to storage room B and there was garbage on it..."