31-year-old PIO held in US for stealing computers worth $30K

March 16, 2016 11:04

Notch up one more for PIOs making news of the unsavoury variety!

A former Syracuse University student, Dhawal K Gandhi, 31, was arrested last week for stealing 22 computers worth $30,000 after breaking into a campus lab in February, the New York Daily News has reported, quoting the Post-Standard of Syracuse.

'Gandhi entered the computer lab in Link Hall after 10 pm on Feb 19. He cut the cable lock cords that secured the Nexlink desktop computers to their desks and ran out with the goods, police said,' the NY Daily News said.

The homeless Gandhi is reported to have told the police that he sold some of the computers and accessories on Craigslist and eBay.

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