multi-millionaire exec at SAP Labs in Palo Alto accused of faking bar codes to steal Legos

[dixiegrrrrl]

They ( the police) allege that Langenbach, a multi-millionaire VP at SAP Labs Integration and Certification Center attempted to certify certain bar codes without integrity.

He stands accused of creating his own bar codes, wafting along to Target, switching the bar codes on Lego items, and then buying them at drastically reduced prices.
......when police searched his home, they managed to turn up Lego boxes in their hundreds.
As if reading a tale written by David Foster Wallace, they then discovered that he'd allegedly sold 2,100 Legos items on eBay, netting $30,000. "

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57438825-71/sap-exec-accused-of-faking-bar-codes-to-steal-legos/

[jmasterson]

1. I just can't figure this one out

Really. What was the upside for this guy? It had to have been just for the challenge of seeing if he could get away with it.

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. Somewhere in the Mental Health manual there is a name for this

I would think.
Bats in the belfry, perhaps.