## That Time I Worked With a Laptop Thief Published on: 2025-07-27 19:21:39 by Chris Jones Updated on: 2026-10-05 21:10:44 • 10 min read ## Preamble I used to worked at a place where they had an IT contractor that was stealing laptops and reselling them for over a year. This post is the story of how he got caught. Real names of people and companies will not be used, but the tale and screenshots (with redactions) are all true. ## When I Went Back to IT I was burning out on my position as a DevOps Engineer. Instead of looking for yet another job doing the same thing, I asked my boss if I could…