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From: "James M. Atkinson" <jm..._at_tscm.com>
Subject: HP Private Investigators Fined $600,000 For Illicit Gains
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HP Private Investigators Fined $600,000 For Illicit Gains
By Dee Chisamera
15:24, May 30th 2008
Private investigators in the infamous HP spying case, dating back
to 2005, have been fined $600,000 by a court judge. The U.S. Federal
Trade Commission unveiled that the defendants have also been banned
from obtaining consumers' telephone records without their consent.
The scandal broke out a few years ago, when HP investigators obtained
confidential phone records of several reporters and their families in
a practice known as "pretexting." The private investigators had been
hired by HP to investigate a series of boardroom leaks.
When the scandal broke out, several company officials resigned, but
the story was far from being over. In 2007, three CNET reporters
filed a lawsuit against the computer maker for invasion of privacy
and violating state rules on business practices.
In February 2007, the FTC also filed a lawsuit against Action
Research Group (owned by Joseph and Matthew DePantes), Eye in the Sky
Investigations (owned by Cassandra Selvage) and Bryan Wagner. At the
same time, FTC asked a U.S. district court to halt all operations to
sell confidential phone records. Wagner pleaded guilty to conspiracy
and identity theft charges.
According to the Telecommunications Act of 1996, a customer's phone
records may only be disclosed "upon affirmative written request by
the customers." Despite of that, Action Research Group sold
confidential information since at least 2005 without customers' consent.
The court order states that DePantes and ARG are to pay $67,000 in
ill-gotten gains (however, the judgment was suspended upon a $3,000
payment due to the defendants' inability to pay), while Wagner was
ordered to pay $428,000 and Selvage was ordered to pay $110,000.
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