--- title: Manager Steals 983 Phones From Verizon Store, Police Say description: The employee discount wasn't enough for this South Carolina man canonical: https://time.com/4270091/verizon-manager-steals-1000-phones-south-carolina/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-24T00:31:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T16:10:05.337Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Manager Steals 983 Phones From Verizon Store, Police Say og:description: It appears the employee discount wasn't enough for him og:url: https://time.com/4270091/verizon-manager-steals-1000-phones-south-carolina/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Manager Steals 983 Phones From Verizon Store, Police Say twitter:description: It appears the employee discount wasn't enough for him twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Manager Steals 983 Phones From Verizon Store, Police Say by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Mar 24, 2016 12:31 AM CUT by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Mar 24, 2016 12:31 AM CUT A South Carolina man was arrested Tuesday after police say he [stole some 983 phones from the Verizon store he managed](http://wspa.com/2016/03/23/manager-steals-almost-1000-phones-from-verizon-store-police-say/ "undefined"). Charles Thomas Gilbert of Simpsonville, S.C. is charged with breach of trust and violation of the state’s Computer Crimes Act, according to local CBS affiliate _WSPA_. Police say Gilbert used the store’s computers to run a scheme to steal the treasure trove of phones, valued at over $400,000. He is being held on a $50,000 bond at the Greenville County Detention Center. \[[WSPA](http://wspa.com/2016/03/23/manager-steals-almost-1000-phones-from-verizon-store-police-say/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4270091/verizon-manager-steals-1000-phones-south-carolina/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4270091/verizon-manager-steals-1000-phones-south-carolina/"},"headline":"Manager Steals 983 Phones From Verizon Store, Police Say","datePublished":"2016-03-24T00:31:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:10:05.337Z","description":"It appears the employee discount wasn't enough for him","url":"https://time.com/4270091/verizon-manager-steals-1000-phones-south-carolina/","keywords":["Crime","Bizarre","Verizon","cell phones","South Carolina"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4270091/verizon-manager-steals-1000-phones-south-carolina/","name":"Manager Steals 983 Phones From Verizon Store, Police Say"}}]}] ```