Former Sig Sauer employee indicted for reselling hundreds of guns bought with company discount (Page 1 of 2)
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https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025-11-17/former-sig-sauer-employee-indicted-for-reselling-hundreds-of-guns-bought-with-company-discount Screen name? Former Sig Sauer employee indicted for reselling hundreds of guns bought with company discount New Hampshire Public Radio | By Todd Bookman Published November 17, 2025 at 5:15 AM EST Sig Sauer is headquartered at the Pease Todd Bookman/NHPR Sig Sauer's corporate headquarters at the Pease Tradeport in Newington. A former machinist for New Hampshire-based gun manufacturer Sig Sauer is facing federal wire fraud and firearms charges after allegedly using his employee discount to purchase and then resell guns without a license. Federal prosecutors say Patrick Goulet, 34, of Manchester, used his employee discount to purchase guns and accessories. He also used the names of fellow co-workers to acquire additional Sig Sauer products at steep discounts, before reselling the weapons online, authorities allege in court records. Between August 2021 and June 2024, the Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms and Tobacco alleges Goulet sold several hundred guns to customers nationwide, though he did not have a license to deal firearms. Goulet’s attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment. On Friday, he made an initial court appearance, and entered a not guilty plea. Goulet was released pending trial, and ordered to remove all firearms and ammunition from his home. According to court filings, Goulet worked as a machinist at Sig Sauer, which has its headquarters in Newington, until he was fired by the company in 2023. The gunmaker offers its employees deep discounts on a limited number of firearms. “However, the manufacturer prohibited its employees from selling or otherwise using the discount for personal profit,” the U.S. Attorney’s office said. “Goulet used social media platforms such as Facebook to locate persons interested in buying discounted firearms.” The indictment includes records of four transactions in which Goulet allegedly sold pistols and rifles to customers in Washington, Texas, Tennessee and Florida, and received payment through Venmo. |
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Originally Posted By Powerkicker: I can see sig firing him, but arrested? I gather he was arrested for being in the business of selling firearms without an FFL, NOT for violating Sig’s employee discount policy. |
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"...Goulet sold several hundred guns to customers nationwide." Gotta love that entrepreneurial spirit! |
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| How the heck didn't anybody at Sig catch on to the amount of crap he was buying with his employee discount? |
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Originally Posted By whiskerz: If his name had been Eric Holder this would not be a crime. No, no you neede to make a sandy burglar reference. Stuffing guns down his pants to steal them ...  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Berger#Unauthorized_removal_and_destruction_of_classified_material On July 19, 2004, it was revealed that the United States Department of Justice was investigating Berger for unauthorized removal of classified documents in October 2003 from a National Archives reading room prior to testifying before the 9/11 Commission. The documents were five classified copies of a single report commissioned from Richard Clarke covering internal assessments of the Clinton Administration's handling of the unsuccessful 2000 millennium attack plots. An associate of Berger said Berger took one copy in September 2003 and four copies in October 2003, allegedly by stuffing the documents into his socks and pants.[20][21] Berger subsequently lied to investigators when questioned about the removal of the documents.[22]
In April 2005, Berger pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of unauthorized removal and retention of classified material from the National Archives in Washington, D.C.[23] |
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Originally Posted By Yankee-Carpet-Bagger: If he sold any 320s he might be charged with selling WMDs. No. wNd  SIG 320 discharge to groin |
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Originally Posted By Moon-Watcher: How the heck didn't anybody at Sig catch on to the amount of crap he was buying with his employee discount? This. Normally you get a handful of discounted firearms per year. Something's fucky here. |
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I have no idea how he was able to operate at that scale for any length of time. I wonder how many others were in on it? Originally Posted By Powerkicker: I can see sig firing him, but arrested? I’m no attorney but I’m guessing that if he set up a system to defraud Sig it could fall under embezzlement or something similar. He also operated over state lines so the feds probably have multiple fronts to go after him. |
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| What an absolute idiot asshole. Shit like this is one of the reasons a lot of the employee programs have become so scarce. Not just a profit loss but a huge liability. |
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Originally Posted By ALASKANFIRE: I have no idea how he was able to operate at that scale for any length of time. I wonder how many others were in on it? I’m no attorney but I’m guessing that if he set up a system to defraud Sig it could fall under embezzlement or something similar. He also operated over state lines so the feds probably have multiple fronts to go after him. Originally Posted By ALASKANFIRE: I have no idea how he was able to operate at that scale for any length of time. I wonder how many others were in on it? Originally Posted By Powerkicker: I can see sig firing him, but arrested? I’m no attorney but I’m guessing that if he set up a system to defraud Sig it could fall under embezzlement or something similar. He also operated over state lines so the feds probably have multiple fronts to go after him. No details about how he acquired "hundreds of guns" and "sold the guns nationwide". Legally, he would have had to ship them to FFL's for transfer to an out-of-state buyer. |
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Originally Posted By Moon-Watcher: How the heck didn't anybody at Sig catch on to the amount of crap he was buying with his employee discount? Their CEO also sold guns illegally in the past. |
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Originally Posted By diesel1: No details about how he acquired "hundreds of guns" and "sold the guns nationwide". Legally, he would have had to ship them to FFL's for transfer to an out-of-state buyer. Originally Posted By diesel1: Originally Posted By ALASKANFIRE: I have no idea how he was able to operate at that scale for any length of time. I wonder how many others were in on it? Originally Posted By Powerkicker: I can see sig firing him, but arrested? I’m no attorney but I’m guessing that if he set up a system to defraud Sig it could fall under embezzlement or something similar. He also operated over state lines so the feds probably have multiple fronts to go after him. No details about how he acquired "hundreds of guns" and "sold the guns nationwide". Legally, he would have had to ship them to FFL's for transfer to an out-of-state buyer. ATF considers buying guns with the intention of flipping for a profit to be “in the business” EVEN if you go through an FFL. |
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Originally Posted By Aimless: This. Originally Posted By Aimless: Originally Posted By Moon-Watcher: How the heck didn't anybody at Sig catch on to the amount of crap he was buying with his employee discount? Y'all must have skipped over this part of the article. He also used the names of fellow co-workers to acquire additional Sig Sauer products at steep discounts, before reselling the weapons online, authorities allege in court records. |
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I worked at the Remington ammo plant in Arkansas. Employees got fired somewhat often for reselling ammo purchased from company store inside the plant. When Vista bought Remington, they put in a max dollar amount each employee could spend per year in the company store. |
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Originally Posted By Bubbles: This. Normally you get a handful of discounted firearms per year. Something's fucky here. Maybe he had REALLY BIG HANDS ... 
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Originally Posted By Flushdraw: He sold 100's of guns without an FFL. What an idiot!!! Attached File How many guns are allowed in your opinion? Edit to add...how do you know they weren't transferred through an FFL. Looking forward to hearing your answer. |
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Originally Posted By pr24guy: Their CEO also sold guns illegally in the past. Originally Posted By pr24guy: Originally Posted By Moon-Watcher: How the heck didn't anybody at Sig catch on to the amount of crap he was buying with his employee discount? Their CEO also sold guns illegally in the past. |
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| I'll bet not all of the "hundreds" of guns were actually purchased with the discount. He was likely selling other guns in addition to the ones that he bought with his (and his co-workers') discounts. No way that he recruited that many people. The article doesn't even say that all the guns (which were both pistols and rifles) were purchased with the discount. |
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Originally Posted By cwm1150: The discount only applied to certain guns per the article but did not say the models. I bet it was only the 320 or maybe a few others. It's not common in my experience for employee purchase plans to be super restricted like that. Lots of times they will exclude the newest stuff or anything that's hard to come by but not be so narrowly tailored that you could only buy one or two models. |
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Originally Posted By Boognish: I'll bet not all of the "hundreds" of guns were actually purchased with the discount. He was likely selling other guns in addition to the ones that he bought with his (and his co-workers') discounts. No way that he recruited that many people. The article doesn't even say that all the guns (which were both pistols and rifles) were purchased with the discount. Why you say that? Flipping guns on the retail side is a whole lot more work to make very little money. |
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