A former Microsoft worker has been charged in
what investigators describe as a scheme to steal
$10 million in digital currency.
The U.S. attorney’s office in Seattle says 25-year-
old Ukrainian citizen Volodymyr Kvashuk helped
test Microsoft’s online retail sales platform.
He’s accused of stealing digital currency such as
gift cards that could be redeemed for Microsoft
products, then reselling them on the internet
and using the proceeds to buy a $160,000
Tesla vehicle and a $1.7 million lakefront home.
Prosecutors say he was fired in June 2018 after
the scheme came to light, and that during the
seven months of his activity, $2.8 million was
transferred into his bank accounts.
Kvashuk was arrested Tuesday. His attorney
did not immediately return an email
seeking comment.