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Federal Agent Indicted for Using Government Computer to Track Ex-Girlfriend

Connie Skipitares writes in The Mercury News:

A federal agent for the U.S. Department of Commerce is facing charges of illegally accessing computer information about a former girlfriend who jilted him and lying to government officials about it.

Benjamin Robinson, 40, of Oakland, was indicted today by a federal grand jury in San Jose on one count of unlawfully obtaining information from a protected computer and another count of making a false statement to his employer about his alleged acts. Robinson was a special agent for the U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Export Enforcement, Bureau of Industry and Security.

Robinson is accused of logging on to the government's internal computer system at least 163 times over a period of months between mid-2003 and mid-2004 to track the travel patterns of the girlfriend who left him, and her family.

posted by Fergie @ 9/19/2007 06:06:00 PM