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He was the kind of guy you wouldn’t look at twice in an elevator, according to investigators: A forty-something family man who ranked as the best software developer in his office building.

But it turns out a second look at the “inoffensive and quiet” worker for a U.S.-based critical infrastructure company was badly needed.

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An investigation revealed the developer – identified only as “Bob” – was outsourcing his job to a Chinese consulting firm and spending his days watching cat videos and surfing the Internet, according to a post by investigating firm Verizon.

The developer paid a consulting firm less than one fifth his six-figure salary to do his job for him, Verizon’s Andrew Valentine reported.

While earning “several hundred thousand dollars a year,” the developer was able to hire the Chinese firm for about $50,000 a year, Valentine wrote.

Authentification problems were avoided because the developer sent his security token by courier to China so his proxy could log in under his credentials, according to Valentine.