CIA Contractors Fired for Stealing Snacks from Vending Machine
Posted: June 30, 2017 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, U.S. News | Tags: 1953 Iranian coup d'état, Abol-Ghasem Kashani, Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Artificial neural network, Buzzfeed, Central Intelligence Agency, Closed-circuit television, United States, Vending machine, WikiLeaks Leave a comment
The spy group axed several contractors after it discovered they had stolen $3,314.40 in eats from compromised vending machines between fall 2012 and March 2013, according to a report obtained by BuzzFeed News.
When nosh began going missing from agency vending machines, the CIA did what it does best — it put up cameras and started spying on the break room, according to the report.
“Video footage recovered from the surveillance cameras captured numerous perpetrators engaged in the … theft scheme, all of whom were readily identifiable as agency contract personnel,” the report states.
The machines take payment via prepaid cards, but one contract worker realized he could use a dummy card with no money on it if he simply unplugged the so-called “FreedomPay” system … (read more)
Source: New York Post
