A Dallas man and his brother had a scheme to get money for nothing, by ordering millions of dollars of merchandise from Nordstrom. The retailer blocked the brothers' orders because the two previously had been barred from purchases because of excess refunds. But unknowingly, Nordstrom compensated FatWallet, an online site that provides cash-back incentives for purchases, the FBI reports. So Allen J. Chiu of Dallas and his brother Andrew S. Chiu of Seattle would get money back - more than $1.4 million on $23 million in fraudulent orders. But all those rebate checks came with a price. The Chiu brothers pleaded guilty to wire fraud and are headed to federal prison. They are scheduled to be sentenced July 13. - Lois Norder
I've been following this story for my website -- FatWallet is suing the brothers, too. Found your post in Googling about the case and the title made me LOL. Love your sense of humor and although I'm one state over (in La.), I'm subscribing to your newsfeed just to read your commentary. ;)
Posted by: Becky F. | April 17, 2012 at 12:56 PM