Well this IS real...but the guy got caught trying to resell the stuff and is looking at 5 years...which will only cost the system more money..but hey sense of justice is restored, right?

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Before we get worked up about small-time fraud (which is still deplorable, don't get me wrong) like this. Maybe we should be more concerned about the fraud being committed on scale millions this size...like the missing 9 trillion and then move on to the smaller stuff...like this $150 fraud.