CASE STUDY 13: FAMILY MEMBER STEALS CLIENTS

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A member of a family-run communications business left the company. While denying it, the individual started a business in direct competition with the family business. The individual’s computer was identified as an asset of the original company. The individual claimed that no company information was on the computer. A computer forensics team was hired to test the claim. Although the computer had been completely deleted, reformatted, and had entirely new operating systems and applications installed on it, the original database entries were, nonetheless, uncovered. The individual also claimed innocence up until the moment that the team experts were seen awaiting a call into the courtroom. The individual then admitted the wrongdoing and settled.

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