Mother, son accused of stealing and selling hard drives from Mom's workplace. 9/22/08 |
BOULDER - A Boulder mother and son are in jail tonight after a massive theft of computer hard drives was discovered during the investigation of another case.
Police say Zoe Johnston, 53, worked as a security guard at Seagate Technologies - a computer peripheral manufactureer near Boulder. She then would take the hard drives home to her son Matthew Tennant, 26, who would sell them on ebay.
They are accused stealing at least $750,000 in merchandise from Seagate.
The crime came to police attention when a third party stole checks from the couple and began helping himself to their "ill-gotten" gains. When he was caught he spilled the secret of the pair's workplace crime spree.
Police say Zoe Johnston, 53, worked as a security guard at Seagate Technologies - a computer peripheral manufactureer near Boulder. She then would take the hard drives home to her son Matthew Tennant, 26, who would sell them on ebay.
They are accused stealing at least $750,000 in merchandise from Seagate.
The crime came to police attention when a third party stole checks from the couple and began helping himself to their "ill-gotten" gains. When he was caught he spilled the secret of the pair's workplace crime spree.
