In Thomas Langenbach who, according to a story on NBCBayArea.com, "lists himself as the vice president at Palo Alto's SAP Labs Integration and Certification Center on his LinkedIn profile," is accused of making his own bar code stickers, switching the tags and then buying boxes of Legos at Target stores for huge discounts.
According to NBC Bay Area, a representative from SAP in New York confirmed that Langenbach was employed at the company but did not comment further.
Langenbach was formally charged with four counts of burglary totaling seven boxes of Legos worth about $1,000 - certainly not a huge sum for a multimillionaire. But things get curiouer...
The NBC report says that when the police searched his home, they found hundreds of Lego boxes. What's more Langenbach is alleged to have sold since last April 2,100 Lego items worth $30,000 on eBay. The police also uncovered 32 pre-made barcode stickers from Langenbach's car.
His modus operandi was "to create his own sophisticated bar code stickers, and switch the tags at various Target stores. Those bar codes were for a much cheaper price," according to the NBC article.
As per Langenbach's LinkedIn profile accessed by NBC and quoted in the story, "Langenbach has been with the company since 1988, and holds a degree in computer science and business administration from Berufsakademie Mannheim, Germany."
Strange...though how much of it is true and why a rich, educated IT exec did it (if it's true) remains to be seen.
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