4 Allegedly Rolled Back Own Prices at Wal-Mart
From Times Wire Reports
Two couples have been charged in Nashville in a price-switching scheme that allegedly defrauded Wal-Mart stores in 19 states of $1.5 million.
Arrested were sisters Julie Marie Simmons, 35, and Laura Simmons Howerton, 39, and their husbands Michael Poore, 29, and Dewey Howerton, 39. The four share a house in the Nashville suburb of Portland.
Authorities said the scheme involved using a home computer to produce UPC bar codes for cheaper products and slipping them over the real codes on high-priced items.
