Ex-Microsoft Manager Faces Prison for $1 Million Fraud
Ex-Microsoft Manager Faces Prison for $1 Million Fraud
December 11, 2007: Former Microsoft program manager, Carolyn Gudmundson was arrested on charges of fraudulently acquiring more then $US 1 million ($AU 1.12 million) from the software giant in false reimbursement claims.
Having been a program manager in Microsoft’s MSN division between 2000 and 2004, the 44 year old Gudmundson was responsible for purchasing and renewing domain names for the company and had been sanctioned to use her personal credit card for the transactions, which Microsoft would then reimburse her for.
According to the US Attorney Generals Office, Gudmundson allegedly altered the credit card receipts she submitted to show a much higher price then she actually paid. The alleged scheme also involved submitting falsified reimbursement claims to Microsoft for domain name purchases that never existed, and exaggerating the expenses involved when going through a private company that handles the purchase of existing domain names.
Gudmundson has been indicted in Seattle for eleven counts of wire fraud and seven counts of mail fraud, the penalty for which is up to 20 years in prison and a $US 250,000 fine ($AU 281,000).