A Belfair couple who ran a private investigation firm have been sentenced to six months in prison and two years supervised release for using illegal methods to dig up dirt on people who were involved in court cases or litigation. Emilio and Brandy Torrella ran BNT Investigations, where workers posed as the people they were…
Category: Court
Former CT state trooper fined for unauthorized access
Paul Galietti, a former Connecticut State Trooper who had admitted that he intentionally accessed a government computer in a manner that exceeded his lawful authority, was sentenced to pay a fine of $1000 by a federal court judge this week. According to documents filed with the court and statements made in court, the case started…
ACLU says Pa. man wrongly charged in wiretap case
The Allegheny County District Attorney’s office wrongly charged a man with violating state wiretap law for recording police with a cell phone, the American Civil Liberties Union claimed in a federal lawsuit Thursday. The ACLU said law enforcement agents in Pennsylvania, Allegheny County in particular, have been misapplying the wiretap law. “Unfortunately, many Pennsylvania law…
Initial password prosecutions in UK
Between the 1st of April 2008 and 31st March 2009, the first prison sentences were imposed because the accused refused to surrender passwords or cryptographic keys. This disclosure appears in the annual report of the Chief Surveillance Commissioner to the Prime Minister and Scottish Ministers. Two people were sentenced on the basis of powers which…