Gov't: Deerfield couple scammed Best Buy out of at least $31 mil
Posted December 28, 2008 10:00 pm
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The federal government says a kickback scheme that may have cost Best Buy. Co. at least $31 million yielded money that a couple used to buy real estate in the Chicago area.
Now the government wants to seize the $2.8 million property in Deerfield.
The details were spelled out in a federal affidavit made public this week in St. Paul.
It says the property was purchased by a couple whose business submits online bids for computer parts. The couple would allegedly bill Richfield-based Best Buy at prices significantly higher than agreed upon.
The affidavit says the couple billed Best Buy for $60 million over four years, more than half the charges at fraudulently inflated prices.
Neither owner of the business has been charged.
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