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Posted on 09/12/2006 9:12:46 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- California Attorney General Bill Lockyer said in a TV interview Tuesday that evidence exists for indictments in the Hewlett-Packard "pretexting" case, according to a published report. In an interview on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Lockyer said "we currently have sufficient evidence to indict people both within Hewlett-Packard as well as outside," the Wall Street Journal reported. H-P's chairwoman, Patricia Dunn, stepped down from the post Tuesday amid controversy over a probe she began into boardroom leaks.
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Crime or not, this will just encourage more CA companies to get the heck out.
Yeah, you don't really want to do business in a state that will arrest you for committing crimes.
Now if it was Oracle, I wonder if the AG would have to recuse himself?
Whom would you ask?
What exactly was the crime? And what abut the person who kept leaking info to the press?
lol
I wonder if maybe the SEC and the feds might be a better agency to handle this one. not sure where this one is headed, but..
What is "pretexting" and why is it a crime?
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Tuesday Chairman Patricia Dunn will step down on January 18, 2007, after coming under fire for ordering a controversial board investigation into boardroom leaks to the media.
Chief Executive and President Mark Hurd will succeed Dunn as chairman, as well as retain his existing positions, HP said in a statement. Dunn will continue to serve on the board as a director.
HP's probe into boardroom leaks dating back to 2005 sparked a media furore, as well as an inquiry by California's attorney general that could result in criminal liability for identity theft and illegally accessing database information.
Dunn has defended her role in the inquiry, saying she did not know private investigators hired by the computer maker had used questionable tactics to access private phone records of board directors and journalists.
"Unfortunately, the investigation, which was conducted with third parties, included certain inappropriate techniques," said Dunn in a statement on Tuesday. "These went beyond what we understood them to be, and I apologise that they were employed."
I don't know either but see above....
Sounds like great news for business in Texas.
1. Fraud and identity theft.
2. Because it's fraud and identify theft.
That's right. Beat it to New Orleans, levees or no levees.
Awfully strange thing to call it...
Thanks - strange term for it, imo.
Pretexting
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pretexting is the act of pretending to be someone who you are not, by telling an untruth, or creating deception. The practice of pretexting typically involves tricking a telecom carrier into disclosing personal information of a customer, with the scammer pretending to be the customer. At present, the majority of wireless telephony providers consider the practice of pretexting as illegal.
One thing is clear...
HP needs new Management! And probably at the VP and Director Level. And think...the VP's and Directors advanced the Managers.
Boy, are we looking at the Peter Principle in action.
Harvard Business School Case Study coming up. Money to be made by an Academic!
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