US Verizon Communications Inc Feb 2009 Misuse (Q15855)
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A data breach risk event
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A data breach risk event |
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February 2009
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If you get a job at Verizon Wireless (or anywhere, really) its probably a good idea not to steal the companys merchandise and sell it online. Seems obvious, but one Pennsylvania man is now learning that lesson the hard way. James Hopkins, 35, of Telford, Pa. was sentenced Tuesday to more than two years in prison for stealing more than 900 cellphones and accessories from his former employer and selling them online for a profit, the Justice Department announced. The sentencing comes after Hopkins pleaded guilty in federal court in Newark, N.J. last year to charges of mail fraud, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman said. Hopkins worked as an account executive at a Verizon Wireless store in Trevose, Pa. while the scheme was going on. Between February and November 2009, he placed numerous orders for Ve (English)
