Charges Filed in HP Spying Scandal

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California’s attorney general said Silicon Valley giant Hewlett-Packard Co. had “lost its way” with an ill-fated leak probe as he filed charges against the company’s former chairwoman and four others, the Associated Press reports.


Attorney General Bill Lockyer accused two ousted HP insiders – chairwoman Patricia Dunn and chief ethics officer Kevin Hunsaker – and three outside investigators – Ronald DeLia, Matthew DePante and Bryan Wagner – of violating state privacy laws in HP’s attempt to root out the source of boardroom leaks.


The five each face four felony counts in the charges filed Wednesday: use of false or fraudulent pretenses to obtain confidential information from a public utility; unauthorized access to computer data; identity theft; and conspiracy to commit each of those crimes. Each charge carries a fine of up to $10,000 and three years in prison.


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