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Software Integrity » Blog Archive » Glitch Watch - Bingo cashier jailed for exploiting glitch
Topic: Technology 12:07 am EDT, May 29, 2008

Glitch Watch - Bingo cashier jailed for exploiting glitch
May 16th, 2008 by Nigel Cheshire. Posted in Glitch Watch

BanburyThe quiet market town of Banbury, Oxfordshire in England is not a place you would expect to see in the news very often. But, according to the Banbury Guardian, a bingo cashier in the town’s Gala bingo hall was jailed this week for stealing approximately $32,000 from her employer.

Apparently, the bingo hall uses a swipe card system, called Buzzcard, that allows patrons to load money onto the card and use it to store winnings. When Emma Meechan, the cashier in question, discovered a misfeature in the system that caused about $335,000 to be mistakenly loaded onto some of the cards, she took advantage of the glitch and pocketed some of the money. Meechan was sentenced to serve 8 months behind bars.

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