Aerospace Corp Pays $2.5m To Settle Rogue Software Dev Case 129
chrb writes "U.S. company Aerospace Corp. has paid $2.5 million to settle a case that they defrauded the U.S. Air Force by knowingly billing for the services of a rogue software developer. The rogue developer, William Grayson Hunter, was being paid for two full time jobs at two different aerospace companies, but spent most of his time in bars, amusement parks and movie theaters. On some days, he billed his employers for over 24 hours' work."
Creative billing (Score:5, Funny)
"On some days, he billed his employers for over 24 hours work."
Never challenge lawyers at their own game.
First Post (Score:5, Funny)
People need to be at their desk, putting in an honest 8 hours trying to get First Post.
24 hours of work per day is possible (Score:5, Funny)
Keep in mind that people have dual-core brains, so if they parallelize their tasks properly they can work as many as 48 hours in a day. (I don't recommend overclocking though, speed kills)
Re:What's rogue about him? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:24 hours of work per day is possible (Score:5, Funny)
Re:What's rogue about him? (Score:3, Funny)
don't cry to me about 26 hour days.
well, in my time, we had to get to work half an hour before we got home.
and we were *happy* to do it.
damned straight.
Re:First Post (Score:4, Funny)
Try harder. :-P
Why? We're still going to bill the DoD for a First Post.
His degree was from OXFORD (Score:4, Funny)
Sure, his company could have called - if they had someone who knew how to speak BRITISH.
Language barriers allow these sorts of things to go unnoticed for years.