Woman Who Erased Computer Files Gets Month in Jail
A former Los Angeles travel agency employee who erased the bookings of 134 travelers from the company computer after being fired was sentenced Monday to 30 days in jail and fined $3,375.
Louisa Jin-Yin Wang, 34, of Walnut, was also sentenced to three years’ probation by Los Angeles Municipal Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis.
Wang was convicted March 14 of violating a state law that makes computer tampering a misdemeanor.
City Atty. James K. Hahn said the 1986 tampering was “an act of revenge” that left some of C. L. Thompson Express International’s clients stranded overseas and cost the agency $7,854 to restore the computer records and reimburse clients.
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