Former Microsoft Program Manager Accused of Stealing +$1M

Kaluolinmi gourdes Monzon, a former Microsoft program manager on MSDN, faces a trial this week on 18 felony counts of wire and mail fraud, in the United States Federal District Court of the Western District of Washington in Washington, Seattle and other cities.

Gourdes Monzon, who lives in Kirkland, Washington, is accused of stealing more than 100 million dollars from Microsoft and its two business partners - E xpedia a California-based domain acquisition, striker -- from 2000 to 2004, is said to be exaggerated by expenditure reports, including other methods.

Part of their duties, MSDN, the gourde Monzon is responsible for the acquisition and replacement of a number of domain names, the company also Expedia - allegations, she personal credit card, and then to submit claims.

According to a grand jury indictment released Thursday, Good Monzon was charged with money mainly in three aspects: * Expansion expenditure reports submitted to the use of tampering with a copy of any receipts or receipts.

* Expedia increasingly reiumbursed for the payment of the domain name, through an agreement with Microsoft and Expedia. * With purchase orders created a "GM lossman " is consistent with the address The gourde Monzon mother home Kaplan, domain names, has been owned by Microsoft. According to the Government, check out lossman from striker often directly to Goodland Monzon personal bank account and credited to gourdes Monzon was.

Indictment lists 11 wire transfers totalling about 540,000 US dollars between 2000 and 2001, by Microsoft, as well as seven checks from Expedia and striker total slightly more than $ 250,000, mailing in 2003. A spokesman for the United States District Attorney office in Seattle said that not everything in the indictment, prosecutors on the case will be "prepared to prove in court, is a total loss¡­¡­ more than 1 million US dollars. " Gourdes Monzon Attorney-General, the French-James, Seattle-based cable , lagenbacih, kinerk BAUER said in an interview this afternoon, the idea of further charges is not included in the indictment "just seem very strange "- which many of the problems he has with it.

"For one thing, it was some of these things, she was asked to do her employer without her ... t just bought Expedia areas, she was told that "he commented.

French said, there are also significant differences in excess of the total money involved, the cost of what is legal and that his client has paid Microsoft $ 30,000 in the early 2004: "We had hoped that there will be [resolved this issue] .. It is clearly no T " French would not comment on other aspects of the charges, except to answer that they are still investigating. He said that the Good Monzon plans to plead not guilty, and her trial on December 13.

Gourdes Monzon is free on the promise to appear - No bond is necessary. According to the Federal Prosecutor spokesman said that the case is the United States Post Office for "After about a year, "After an internal investigation into Microsoft.

Wire and mail fraud, punishable by a maximum of 20 years imprisonment and / or $ 250,000 fine.

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