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Litigation

Feb. 13, 2015

Prosecutors charge five in hacking conspiracy

Government alleges two California investigators hired hackers to bug a computer and break into email and video chat accounts to assist their clients in civil lawsuits.


By Hadley Robinson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN JOSE - Two California investigators hired hackers to bug a computer and break into email and video chat accounts to obtain information to assist their clients in lawsuits, federal prosecutors alleged in an indictment unsealed Tuesday.


The computer hacking and intellectual unit of the U.S. Attorney's Office in San Jose indicted five men allegedly involved in the scheme on counts of conspira...

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