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Sony executive stole $2M from GameStop

The former head of PR at video game retailer GameStop embezzled nearly $2 million before the company found out and fired him. Chris Olivera (pictured, via LinkedIn) admitted to a Texas court last week that he was guilty of a fairly simple embezzlement scheme, in which he set up a fake company and effectively paid himself out of GameStop’s coffers for services it claimed to provide. Here’s how it worked: Olivera incorporated a fake company …