Submission + - PI faces charges in HP pretexting case
BillyBurrito writes: "It seems that there will be "someone held accountable" for the privacy violations that have rocked the Hewlett Packard Board in 2006.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/11/ap/busin ess/mainD8MITHV00.shtml
(AP) A private investigator accused of posing as a journalist to access the reporter's private phone records as part of the boardroom spying scandal at Hewlett-Packard Co. was charged Wednesday with federal identity theft and conspiracy charges, prosecutors said.
Bryan Wagner is accused of using the Social Security number of the unidentified journalist to illegally gain access to the phone logs, according to the criminal charges filed in San Jose federal court by U.S. Attorney Kevin V. Ryan's office.
Wagner is also accused of conspiring to illegally obtain and transmit personal information on HP directors, journalists and employees as part of the computer and printer maker's crusade to ferret out the source of boardroom leaks to the media."