Alibaba fires 4 employees accused of stealing mooncakes
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A customer shopped for boxes of mooncakes at a supermarket in Beijing on Wednesday.
BEIJING » Four employees at Chinese internet giant Alibaba have lost their jobs after being accused of reprogramming an internal system to steal more than 100 boxes of mooncakes, a traditional delicacy shared during this week’s Mid-Autumn Festival.
State media reported Wednesday that Alibaba had offered a discount to employees for buying the circular treats, given during the festival that begins Thursday.
They said the fired employees exploited loopholes in the software to obtain more than the allotted amount and pilfered a total of 124 boxes of cakes.
An Alibaba statement said the firings were “unfortunate, but we wish them a better future.” The employees were not identified.
Alibaba is the world’s largest e-commerce platform. Its initial public offering in 2014 was the largest in the New York Stock Exchange’s history.
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I thought Alibaba had forty thieves. I wonder what happened to the other 36.
they ate up the boxes of cake.
Yep, they should have expected this since there is no honor among thieves.
The four fired employees made an alibooboo.
I have been to China & over 50% of the population are crooks.
How did you arrive at that percentage?……
He erroneously assumes the majority don’t know the difference between right and wong.
Strange that this would be news…….
Chinese food isn’t good at making desserts. Is custard considered a Chinese dessert?
Ironic that this Chinese company notorious for selling counterfeit products made with stolen intellectual property is complaining about theft of a few boxes of mooncakes.
BINGO!