economy
February 17, 2026
Best Buy worker used manager's code to get 99% off MacBooks, cops say
Employee allegedly exploited Best Buy's discount system for months.
TL;DR
- A Florida Best Buy employee, Matthew Lettera, allegedly used his manager's code to heavily discount nearly 150 items, including MacBooks, which were then pawned.
- The scheme resulted in over $118,000 in losses for Best Buy.
- Lettera allegedly conducted 97 discounted purchases for himself and 52 for others, with some MacBooks discounted as much as 99%.
- A separate incident involved a Best Buy employee in Georgia, Dorian Allen, who allegedly allowed a shoplifting ring to steal over $40,000 in merchandise.
- Allen claimed he was blackmailed by hackers into cooperating with the shoplifters.
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