An eighth individual pleaded guilty today to illegally accessing numerous confidential passport application files. Susan Holloman, 58, of Washington, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Alan Kay in the District of Columbia to a one-count criminal information charging her with unauthorized computer access. Holloman is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 21, 2010. According to…
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Former federal worker sentenced for passport snooping
Grant Gross reports: A former employee at the U.S. Department of State was sentenced to 12 months of probation Friday for illegally accessing more than 75 confidential passport application files, the U.S. Department of Justice said. William Celey, 28, of Washington, D.C., was also ordered to perform 50 hours of community service by U.S. Magistrate…
And then there were 6
The Associated Press reports that a sixth former State Department employee has pleaded guilty to snooping celebrity passports. Karal Busch admitted that she looked at the passport applications of more than 64 people out of curiosity. Earlier this week Kevin M. Young also pleaded guilty to unauthorized access.
Fourth State Dept. snooper pleads guilty
William A. Celey became the latest State Department employee to plead guilty to illegally accessing passport files. Celey had been charged with unauthorized computer access and will be sentenced in October. As reported on Examiner.com: In pleading guilty, Celey admitted that between June 22, 2004, and July 15, 2004, he logged onto the PIERS database…