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According to the Northern Territory News, an unidentified public servant, who has since left his post, racked up a $200,000 ($135,380 in U.S. dollars) mobile phone bill on his taxpayer-funded account. Just what was he doing? The employee apparently used his phone's data connection to download feature-length films without having a packaged data plan. To make matters worse, it appears that the employee racked up the ridiculous bill after he had left his government job.
The Northern Territory government -- which oversees much of the area known as Australia's Outback -- has launched an investigation to determine whether or not the employee committed a crime, but has yet to release any details. We applaud his ability to rack up charges so quickly, though -- We've seen $20,000 phone bills and even one for $85,000, but $135,380 takes a level of dedication to misuse that we've simply never seen before. [From: Northern Territory News]
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Subscribe to commentsBaronNov 4th 2008 10:36AM
What is really criminal in this case is that the carrier didn't stop him once he broke a little bit over the cost of his normal plan. It is quite a racket out there as far as charges go as it doesn't cost the carrier anywhere near that.
DylanDec 24th 2008 12:39AM
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Happy holidays, and good luck to everyone reading on lowering your cell bills.
Dylan