Here's how a Microsoft employee stole $10 million in Xbox gift cards

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It's one of the wildest Xbox scam stories in recent memory.
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  • An engineer was hired to test Microsoft's e-commerce infrastructure.
  • Thanks to a glaring bug, the engineer was able to order real gift cards via testing methods.
  • He used this trick to accrue over $10 million in Xbox gift cards.
Volodymyr Kvashuk likely isn't a name you've heard before. Had his scheme gone according to plan, it would've stayed that way. But now he's at the center of a massive story breaking down how he stole $10.1 million worth of Xbox gift cards directly from Microsoft.

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