[ by Melanie Gretchen ]

A former Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson has been indicted by a state grand jury on Tuesday for for stealing more than $376,000 of copy machine toner from the firm's suppliers, according to the Manhattan District Attorney's Office.  An employee who worked for the firm for 10 years was charged with 2 counts of grand larceny in the second degree for the alleged theft, a class C felony, according to Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance.

Federal Findings and Allegations. Between October 2010 and December 2012, Adrian Rodriguez, 39, who worked in copying department, stole copy machine toner from the firm's copy machine suppliers, Konica Minolta Business Solution and Ricoh U.S.A., in excess of the firm's needs.  According to the Manhattan Attorney's office, he then resold the toner products at a "deep discount."  For each toner cartridge, worth between $80 and $259, he asked for $10 per box of black ink toner and $15 for color ink toner.

"It may surprise many New Yorkers to learn that there is a black market for office supplies.(obviously, not making mention that many of the cartridges were of the color variety)  This defendant didn't just take a box of Post-it notes out of the office supply." -- Mr. Vance, in a statement.

For further details, go to [Reuters, 1/15/13].