Stupid is as stupid does frequently in the computer business. We have all had an experience with an idiot tech support person who couldn’t fix anything. I know I have had to threaten tech support in the past to get repairs made, many of us probably have.

A woman in China named Huang Jin was tossed in the pokey for a full ten months at the request of computer giant ASUS after ASUS alleged that the woman was trying to extort it. The alleged extortion attempt was made after it was unable to repair her computer.

According to reports, the woman purchased and ASUS V6800V model in Beijing. The woman claims the computer had numerous issues including blue screen lock-ups and overheating CPU. The woman says the machine was returned to ASUS several times for work and the problems persisted.

The final time the machine came back with an Intel CPU that replaced the original marked with Engineering Sample. The woman and her attorney then filed suit against ASUS demanding $5 million under the threat of telling press that a CPU was used in the machine not meant to be sold in the country.

ASUS then contacted police and had the woman jailed for extortion. The moral of the story is if you threaten to tell the press about ASUS, be sure you don’t demand $5 million first.