JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE - STOLEN TIMBERLAKE CDS SOLD BY RECORD COMPANY EMPLOYEE

An assistant at JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE's record company has been busted for selling $20,000 (GBP10,000) worth of the star's stolen CDs on auction website eBay. An executive assistant at Jive Records was selling the highly anticipated FUTURESEX/LOVESOUNDS CD before its release date by having interns at Jive send the discs from the company's mailroom. A source tells the New York Daily News, "He was selling pre-release Justin Timberlake albums for $50 (GBP26) a pop. And he was using the Jive mailroom to send them out." The employee's lucrative side-business was stopped after disgruntled interns objected to participating in the mass mailings and reported him to the company president. The source adds, "They sent an e-mail to Jive president BARRY WEISS from an anonymous e-mail account (with the email screen name InternsArePeopleToo), and copied every vice president to tell them they were 'fired up'." The assistant has now been sacked.