"iPod Mechanic" Behind Bars for iPod Scam
Posted 08/26/09 at 08:05:31 PM by Paul Lilly
As another reminder that crime doesn't pay, 23-year-old Nicholas Woodhams, also known as the "iPod Mechanic," faces 13 months in prison after pleading guilty to mail fraud and money laundering charges. Woodhams was also ordered to pay $648,568 in restitution to Apple and $8,066.85 to the U.S. Postal Service, Arstechnica reports.
According to the lawsuit, Woodhams ran a scam of exploiting Apple's advance replacement system for the iPod shuffle and reselling them through his own website. He also allegedly exploited Apple's iPod Warranty Service Program to get Apple to repair out-of-warranty iPods.
Woodhams' scam proved rather lucrative, but it's all going back. In addition to the above jail time and fines, Woodhams must forfeit about $750,000 worth of criminally acquired assets, including his house in Michigan, an Audi S4, an Ariel Atom 2, a Honda motocyle, and over $500,000 in cash. Ouch.

The ipod was the biggest
Submitted by dankers on Thu, 08/27/2009 - 4:15am
The ipod was the biggest scam of them all though.
I know the guy who built his
Submitted by chris.peplin on Wed, 08/26/2009 - 6:44pm
I know the guy who built his website! He had no idea the guy planned to use it for a scam.
Going to his website != you
Submitted by snapple00 on Wed, 08/26/2009 - 9:56pm
[Edit]Nevermind. I'm an idiot.
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