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Former IT Manager from Duson pleads guilty for scamming $2.6 mil from Eunice pipeline co.
Posted on 8/11/17 at 1:35 pm
Posted on 8/11/17 at 1:35 pm
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Sunland Construction.
Sunland Construction.
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A Duson nan admitted in federal court that he stole $2.6 million from the Eunice company he worked for. Richard Walter Borek Jr., 43, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Patrick Hanna to one count of wire fraud. The plea will become final when accepted by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote.
According to the guilty plea, Borek worked as the information technology (IT) manager for a Eunice pipeline company from 2012 to 2016. He conducted a scheme where he bought cell phones and electronic tablets using company funds from two nationwide cellular phone companies. He then sold them online to another company and kept the money for his own personal use.
He also sold web hosting services and computer equipment to the pipeline company through his own company called Statix even though the web hosting services were being provided by another company and the computer equipment was never delivered to the pipeline company’s office.
The loss from both schemes resulted in both cell phone companies charging the pipeline company $2,436,487 and Statix charging the pipeline company $236,234.14 for a total loss to the pipeline company of $2,672,721.14.
This post was edited on 8/11/17 at 1:56 pm
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Posted on 8/11/17 at 1:38 pm to musick
On one hand I wonder how people think they can get away with this but on the other I wonder how many people are getting away with stuff like this.
Posted on 8/11/17 at 1:38 pm to musick
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I was affected personally by this.
Did he sell your cell phone?
Posted on 8/11/17 at 1:39 pm to stout
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On one hand I wonder how people think they can get away with this but on the other I wonder how many people are getting away with stuff like this.
I wonder how much time passed before he was caught.
Posted on 8/11/17 at 1:40 pm to musick
Had he kept it to simply reselling the services of other companies, I doubt he would have ever been caught.
Posted on 8/11/17 at 1:42 pm to musick
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I was affected personally by this.
You pick up some ipads for the kids on the cheap?
Posted on 8/11/17 at 1:44 pm to musick
I knew Richard a few years ago. Haven't dealt with him a while though. I used to be a vendor for Sunland.
Posted on 8/11/17 at 1:47 pm to musick
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He was buying 100's of cell phone lines, getting free phones from the one carrier, then turning around and having the other carrier pay the disconnect fees to switch all those lines over to them, and he took the phones and sold them on the black market. Then he cancelled the lines. Rinse, repeat.
They need to fire the entire accounting department.
Posted on 8/11/17 at 1:48 pm to musick
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The loss from both schemes resulted in both cell phone companies charging the pipeline company $2,436,487
Nearly $500k in cell phones and tablets each year and none of the carriers or superiors took notice?
Posted on 8/11/17 at 1:50 pm to slackster
He is a career criminal. he knew how to finagle the numbers I guess.
just a simple google search returns this:
just a simple google search returns this:
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Monday, March 24, 2008 An investigation into a local check kiting scheme has led to the arrest of a Bossier City man on bank fraud charges, said Caddo Sheriff Steve Prator. Richard Borek, 33, was booked into the Caddo Correctional Center following his arrest on a warrant obtained by Caddo Sheriff's Detective Frank Edmondson of the Caddo-Shreveport Financial Crimes Task Force. Borek scammed seven banks by opening accounts with cash and depositing closed account checks into the banks' ATMs to withdraw money. So far, the loss to the banks totals nearly $16,000.
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06/07/17 Name: Borek, Richard Charge: Man/Dist/Pos Of A Sch.I; Marij Arresting Agency: Lafayette Parish Sheriff’S Ofc Address: 400 Blk Sellers ROA Duson, La
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Posted on 8/11/17 at 1:52 pm to musick
Did the company not do a background check before hiring this guy?
Posted on 8/11/17 at 1:54 pm to musick
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He is a career criminal. he knew how to finagle the numbers I guess.
Jesus Christ. The guy is arrested on bank fraud charges for check kiting and he's running the entire IT department of a sizable company 4 years later?
Posted on 8/11/17 at 1:57 pm to slackster
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Jesus Christ. The guy is arrested on bank fraud charges for check kiting and he's running the entire IT department of a sizable company 4 years later?
This is what got me. How did he get past the background check? Was there even one? Sunland is a very highly profitable company, top 3 in the Acadiana area. It's not some schlub company.
This post was edited on 8/11/17 at 1:58 pm
Posted on 8/11/17 at 2:05 pm to musick
Seems like someone would have questioned something at like 1 million.
I can't buy a fricking ink pen without getting asked to justify the expense.
I can't buy a fricking ink pen without getting asked to justify the expense.
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Posted on 8/11/17 at 2:07 pm to musick
They teach you about negligent entrustment and negligent hiring in law school, but you never think you could imagine a scenario where those theories are plausible in the real world. And then you read something like this.
Posted on 8/11/17 at 2:13 pm to musick
That dude looks way older than 43
Posted on 8/12/17 at 12:24 am to stout
Journalists really suck these days. Sunland is a pipeline construction company, not a pipeline company.
That being said, it's hard to believe someone could get away with this in a company that size. Don't they even audit their books?
That being said, it's hard to believe someone could get away with this in a company that size. Don't they even audit their books?
Posted on 8/12/17 at 12:31 am to LongueCarabine
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On one hand I wonder how people think they can get away with this but on the other I wonder how many people are getting away with stuff like this.
Why not, crimes like these, in majority of cases, end up doing little jail time.
30 months for stealing millions(example), is well worth it. I laugh at the jail time, people get for stealing from businesses.
Locally a lady stole over 250K from a small business, causing them to file bankruptcy and close their doors. She got 18 months. It's laughable the jailtime for this type of theft
Posted on 8/12/17 at 2:11 am to GaryMyMan
I actually have come up with the perfect scam that as long as you don't frick up is literally impossible to get caught. Saving it in case shite ever hits the fan. Would bank 100k a year with about..10 hours work a month and an investment of prob 800 a month in expenses
Posted on 8/12/17 at 2:32 am to musick
Fake news. Nobody from Duson is smart enough to be an IT manager.
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