Dunn HP pretexting charges [CA AG]

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Dunn HP pretexting charges [CA AG]

October 4, 2006 11:48:00 pm

California v. Dunn, Superior Court of California, October 4, 2006 [California Attorney General's criminal complaint charging Patricia Dunn, former Hewlett-Packard chairperson, with the felonies of using false or fraudulent pretenses to obtain confidential information from a public entity, unauthorized access to computer data, identity theft, and conspiracy to commit those frauds, all arising out of the HP pretexting scandal]. Read the full text of the charges [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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