Former Samsung Employee Arrested for Stealing Thousands of Smartphones

Recent reports from Korea revealed that a disabled Samsung Electronics employee in a wheelchair was arrested for stealing and selling more than 8,000 smartphones from the office. Lee apparently stole smartphones between December 2014 and November 2016 from Samsung’s headquarters in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province.

The employee stole a number of 8,474 smartphones from Samsung and sold them to a second-hand phone retailer for about $711,743. The phones were intended for developers to test various features and configurations.

Lee got a job at Samsung about seven years ago when the smartphone market started offering positions to people with disabilities. He worked in the department for  maintenance of old phones that developers used for testing upgrades or new features.

The former employee didn’t undergo security checks

Every Samsung employee must undergo body scans before leaving the of...