Len R. Breidert, a senior financial specialist at Student Funding Services, and David M. Brabson, marketing director for University Financial Lending Services, pleaded guilty to obtaining unauthorized access to the National Student Loan Database and to violating the Privacy Act by obtaining an individual’s record.
Each faces a maximum penalty of a year in federal prison and a fine of $100,000.
Both pleaded guilty to abusing access privileges to the NSLD, which is maintained by the U.S. Department of Education and contains borrowers’ personal and financial information.
Source: Tampa Bay Business Journal