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Updated: 10:54 PM Aug 26, 2009
Kalamazoo man to face 13 months in prison for iPod scam
A federal judge in Grand Rapids has sentenced a Kalamazoo man to 13 months in prison and ordered him to pay nearly $650,000 in restitution to Apple Inc.
Posted: 10:13 PM Aug 26, 2009Reporter: Associated Press |
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A federal judge in Grand Rapids has sentenced a Kalamazoo man to 13 months in prison and ordered him to pay nearly $650,000 in restitution to Apple Inc. after being convicted of defrauding the computer maker out of more than 9,000 iPods.
Twenty-three-year-old Nicholas Woodhams was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty in April to mail fraud and money laundering.
Federal prosecutors say he figured how to guess the serial numbers of iPod Shuffle music players still under warranty and repeatedly used the Cupertino, Calif., company's Web site, pretending to be a consumer with a broken unit in need of a free replacement.
He then cheaply resold the new Shuffles.
Kalamazoo defense lawyer Randall Levine says the court showed leniency with the sentence.
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