Cops: Theft 'probably in the millions'
MILFORD -A former Waters Corp. employee who was arrested Tuesday swindled his company out of millions of dollars worth of computer equipment and may have sold the machines he built on eBay, police said yesterday.
"I've never seen a seizure of stolen property like this ever in the history of our department," police Detective Commander Lt. James Falvey said last night. "It's the biggest one."
Glen J. Dias, 49, of 7 Pleasant St., Mendon, was arraigned in Milford District Court on Tuesday and released without bail on a charge for larceny over $250, police said.
The Worcester County district attorney's office is taking part in the ongoing investigation, Falvey said.
"We have a lot of work to do," the lieutenant said last night from Dias' home, where police were loading up the third and fourth truckloads of allegedlystolen computer parts. "This should probably do it tonight."
Falvey said, "He was taking computer parts, lots and lots of computers parts. ... He must have been doing it for a long time based on the amount of property we've seized so far."
Police with a search warrant will travel today to Uncle Bob's Self-Storage in Northbridge, where they believe more computer parts are stored, Falvey said.
Dias, who was employed as a quality manager, resigned last month from Maple Street's Waters Corp., the worldwide headquarters of a company that produces analytical system software and services for scientists.
"About a month ago, they approached him and gave him the opportunity to resign," Falvey said. "They didn't know the amount, the extent to what was going on. Therefore, they contacted us."
Of the value of equipment Dias stole, "It's probably in the millions," Falvey said.
Police Detective Dustin Testa called Dias, who voluntarily came into the station Tuesday for questioning.
"We're getting some cooperation," Falvey said.
Dias did not return a message left at his Mendon home last night.
Brian J. Murphy, who works in corporate communications for Waters, said he was stunned to hear the news.
"All I knew is that Glen had left the company, and I wasn't aware of the circumstances," he said last night. "All I can say is, 'Wow."'
Waters officials believe Dias was building computers with the stolen parts and selling them on eBay, Falvey said.
"There may be other people involved," the lieutenant said.
Waters hired a moving company to haul the computer parts, which police moved out of Dias' basement last night.
"It's just cluttered with all different kinds of computer parts and computer-related accessories, things clearly marked as belonging to Waters," Falvey said.
Danielle Ameden can be reached at 508-634-7521 or dameden@cnc.com.
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