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Friday, June 5, 2009

This is what happens in Nebraska when there's no football


Woman allegedly places fake ads to boost salary
AP

LINCOLN, Neb. -A woman has been arrested on suspicion of theft after police say she placed fake ads in a newspaper she worked for to boost her salary. Officer Katie Flood said the woman was hired as an advertising salesperson for the Lincoln Weekly, a newspaper started in January.

Flood said the woman was paid a salary, but would earn more based on the size of each edition of the paper. Flood said the woman placed plenty of ads in the paper, but when the paper's owner began calling businesses seeking payment for the ads, he was told no ads had been bought.

Police said the woman made up the ads to increase the paper's size and get more money. Police said she placed $12,000 worth of fake ads in the newspaper.

Now before you say "what the Hell does this have to do with Husker football?" just hear me out. Why did the lady need to make more money? Because she wanted to buy a new tailgate mobile equipped with a pull-out exterior TV screen with a HD projector and she had to pimp out the interior with furniture, decorations, houseware and auto accesories from the Husker Red Zone. That's a given.

It does make me think. I should start making fake ads for cool stuff. Maybe then you guys would click on them and I'd start making some damn money off this thing. That's the ticket to fortune - fraud.

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