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A Coinstar employee has been accused of stealing nearly half a million dollars from the company's coin-counting machines in three states. 39-year-old Michael R. Burns was arrested yesterday and is expected to be charged with first-degree theft.

Not long after we linked to the Consumerist story on Karen's difficulties with Coinstar, we got an email from George White in their PR department. George wanted to give Karen her money back, but needed to get in touch with her -- something we, unfortunately, couldn't help with. However, George also wrote to Consumerist, who were happy to update the story today with a heartwarming conclusion: We've sent George Karen's email address. Big props to...

Today Consumerist related a tale of woe from Karen, who fell victim to a technical gitch while using a Coinstar machine:

Karen emptied a sock filled with $33.04 in coins down the steel throat of a Coinstar machine. Coinstar allows her to funnel the change into an Amazon gift certificate: this would allow her to convert all of her cash without the usual percentage Coinstar takes from the top.

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