Police Allege Former IT Admin Stole Nude Facebook Pictures
Submitted by Adam Dodge on Tue, 2009-03-03 06:27
Quick Facts
- Date: 3/2/2009
- Institution: Univeristy of Massachusetts
- Type of Incident: Employee Fraud
- Number Affected: 16
- Source: Pogo Was Right
- Abstract Source: The Register
Abstract
A former University of Massachusetts IT administrator is facing charges that he illegally accessed 16 student Facebook accounts and stole nude photos. Robert J DeCampos Jr faces 13 misdemeanor counts of unauthorized computer access and one felony count of larceny. According to court documents, DeCampos used student email accounts to gain access to the Facebook accounts where he was able to download the nude photos these accounts contained. DeCampos was fired by the university on October 20, four days after the discovery of the alleged computer trespass.