GREGORY TOMLINSON, a computer software engineer,Has been Indicted in connection with his unauthorized access and duplication of certain computer software files owned by his employer, AOL, Inc.
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., today announced the indictment of GREGORY TOMLINSON, a computer software engineer, in connection with his unauthorized access and duplication of certain computer software files owned by his employer, AOL, Inc.[1] TOMLINSON has been charged in a 35-count indictment with Grand Larceny, Unlawful Duplication of Computer Related Materials, Computer Tampering, and Computer Trespass. “Computer trespass and commercial espionage are a billion-dollar international problem,” said District Attorney Vance. “Oftentimes, hackers and other internal employees access sensitive material for unlawful and inappropriate purposes. I commend our new Cybercrime and Identity Theft Bureau for acting swiftly to contain the threat and seize the computer evidence. Attempts to steal or hack computer data will be aggressively prosecuted by this office.”