Ex-Microsoft Software Engineer Convicted of Stealing Digital Currency

A former Microsoft software engineer has been convicted of stealing $10 million worth of digital currency from his former employer. Volodymyr Kvashuk — who worked at Microsoft from August 2016 to June 2018, first as a contractor, then as a full-time employee — was convicted in the US District Court in Seattle after a five-day trial, according to the US Attorney's Office for the Western District of Washington.