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How one errant employee helped bring down a promising mobile computing empire
As we reported yesterday, Rock, one of the
But it's so much easier when someone like me does it for you and posts a few links in the comments section! Looks like we'll all have to look elsewhere for gaming laptops. BTW, we're building them at CyberPowerUK now instead of having them shipped from the states. Oddly enough SLi laptops showed up on the website and the first few UK builds started a couple of days before the news broke.
if you've been employed by a reputable company from leaving school, I'm sure he was doing rather nicely without nicking the money. You can rent ferrarri's etc for (cough) "business purposes" or go to track days and drive a couple of nice cars faster than you ever could outside the AutoBahn. The guy was an idiot. Even if he was spending the money on partying and shovelling half of Colombia up his nose it would be more enjoyable (and memorable) than sitting in front of his PC playing the most expensive game of Solitaire or whatever he played. Looking at the funny coincidence of the payments going off to other places it's surprising that Rock and CFA didn't put a stop to it and fire him sooner. It wouldn't be hard to investigate or call the pollice in and have them do it. So perhaps it is in part the fault of the two companies for their inaction as well as Bicknell's greed.
first off, stealing from a company that kept you on from the age of 16 is right out stupid. you stay in a company from that age you are likely to see some nice LEGITIMATE money later on. (assuming the company succeeds). he probably could have afforded some of those cars he bought fraudulently if he had waited a good decade and worked his way up the company a bit more (he was already doing pretty well imo). and to steal so much that the company went down, thats is worthy of a darwin award. it's one thing to bite the hand that feeds you, but if you sever it at the wrist, what do you think is going to happen?
Pillock. I couldn't give a damn if some say that this lads "antics" aren't wholly to blame. He is a thieving little scumbag, and if Rock had that money in their bank accounts rather than wrapped up in some flashy motor, maybe the rest of us wouldn't be denied a company that has strived to find ways of providing real gaming in a portable PC. Idiot
I hope this Bicknell guy has been charged with fraud and sent to prison. Even if the company collapse wasn't all down to him, he still ripped off a massive amount of cash.
that the problem with the HD-DVD drives would of affected them badly... now i guess we wont be seeing those ads in the front of the CPC mags anymore...
errrmm... interesting lol
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