Man Jailed for Destroying 50,000 Motorola Phones

[Marcus Yam]

Hello Moto... Goodbye Moto.

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[TheWhiteRose000]

Fail...mayhaps?

 

[styrkes]

15 years? That seems to be a bit excessive. Could he just be indebted to the phones?

 

[arterius2]

hes just lucky they didnt call the firing squad on his ass, and mail his family for the bullets.

 

[micr0be]

hello soviet Russia ... goodbye Moto

 

[Guest]

In Soviet Russia, phone destroys you

 

[rajangel]

Well you can't do much against that sentence in such a corrupt government. You can bet someone wanted his head if they were going to use those as part of a bribe.

 

[g00ey]

Of course the cops were bucking for a bribe, that's the way things work up there. The credibility of the situation would be even lower if the phones being confiscated were from the RAZR line (as the one in the picture) as these phone have lower radiation levels that are lower than most other models.

 

[alyoshka]

Hey!! 1.5 Million at that time..... and I guess even now is a big thing in Russia, so, that's knowingly destroying someone else's property, abuse of power and authority bestowed upon you by the government. And truly it was as a matter of fact intimidation using any means necessary by the authorities to get the guy to pay an extra buck. So I guess, the sentence meted out is well deserved.
Of Course it's my point of view, but in Russia, I guess it's a well deserved thing, rare to see the judiciary up against a person and not being able to get away with it. That's a big plus....
Progress.....

 

[pug_s]

If you understand the motorolq cliq's firmware upgrade debacle, you want to destroy some of their phones too.

 

[Wolygon]

How about they take half his salary for 30 years instead.

 

[back_by_demand]

[citation][nom]Wolygon[/nom]How about they take half his salary for 30 years instead.[/citation]
This way they don't have to pay at all - ever!

 

[Dkz]

Men! I would not like to get cough peeing on the street of Russia!

 

[Cryio]

That happens when someone wants to do good

 

[gmarsack]

Inmate 1: What are you in for?
Inmate 2: Murder!
Inmate 1: What are you in for?
Dmitry Latyshev: I ordered the destruction of 50,000 cell phones.
Inmate 2: You animal!

 

[rohitbaran]

Well, I was thinking it was some nut job who destroyed a whole bunch by bombing or something, but it turned out to be different. Anyway, it is rather funny, except for the vendor.

 

[Guest]

He was a corrupt government official.... I'd prefer capital punishment for those types of offenses. We need that here in the USA for sure as they are all corrupt.

 

[drwho1]

is not about the phones, is about the 1.5 million (I guess this is in US dollars)

also it appears that the owner is not getting paid a penny.
justice?
probably NOT.

 

[Guest]

15 years?! Some people get much less time, for far worse crimes...
Though he'll surely appeal from the decision, and hopefully wins.

 

[Guest]

Who would have believe those russian cops or customs will actually "destroy" those phone!! my best guess is the whole city's cops were allocated new "standard communication equipment" made by moto.
XD