Forwarded From: darek milewski <darekm@cmeasures.com>
http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WAPO/19980820/V000637-082098-idx.html
Ex-Worker Arrested in Hacker Scheme
By Donna De La Cruz
Associated Press Writer
Thursday, August 20, 1998; 10:20 p.m. EDT
NEW YORK (AP) -- A former employee of a large Manhattan brokerage firm was
arrested Thursday for allegedly asking an undercover detective to hack
into the company's e-mail system and insert a fake letter that would
bolster his claim he was unfairly fired.
Christian Curry, 24, of Chappaqua, N.Y. was charged with second-degree
forgery, tampering with physical evidence and second-degree coercion, said
Deputy Inspector Robert A. Martin, commanding officer of the police
department's Special Investigation Division.
Curry was fired in April from his entry level job at the headquarters of
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co., where he worked for less than a year as
an investment banking analyst, said company spokesperson Jeanmarie
McFadden.
A company source, who asked not to be identified, said Curry was fired
because he could not explain some of the expenses he had filed for.
Earlier this month, Curry allegedly told company officials he was planning
to file a federal lawsuit, Martin said. Marvin Smilon, a spokesman for the
U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan, said he did not know if the lawsuit
had been filed.
Shortly after that, detectives in the Computer Investigation & Technology
Unit learned from sources that Curry allegedly was looking for someone to
hack into the company's e-mail and an undercover detective met with Curry
this week, Martin said.
``At this meeting, Mr. Curry gave this detective a handwritten letter that
he asked to be inserted through hacking into the Morgan Stanley e-mail
through their computer system,'' Martin said, adding the letter contained
derogatory statements about Mr. Curry, blacks and gays.
``He explained to our detective that when this letter was made public
through the company it would bolster his claims against the company that
he had been treated unfairly,'' Martin said.
Curry was arrested when he met with the same detective Thursday. Curry was
in police custody Thursday night and could not be reached for comment.
Martin said the Manhattan District Attorney's Office was handling the
case.
-o-
Subscribe: mail majordomo@sekurity.org with "subscribe isn".
Today's ISN Sponsor: Repent Security Incorporated [www.repsec.com]
Received on Sun Aug 23 19:51:44 1998