Andre Yoskowitz
26 Sep 2009 14:42
Myles Weathers, of Springfield, Massachusetts, has pleaded guilty today to stealing over 3000 DVDs that had been sent to customers through Netflix, using his job as a postal worker to do so.
Weathers began stealing the discs in January 2007 and was arrested one year later. Netflix had alerted the authorities and the Springfield post office that up to 100 movies a week were disappearing from the branch.
The former postal worker was arrested on the spot when he was filmed taking the DVDs from their packages and stuffing them in his jacket or backpack.
Sentencing is set for December 23rd and Weathers will face 10-16 months and a fine of $38,000 to be paid back to Netflix.