Computer Piracy by Perot Campaign Charged
The FBI in Dallas is investigating allegations that workers for Ross Perot’s presidential campaign broke into computer files to check the credit records of Perot volunteers, a newspaper reported Friday.
The Dallas Morning News quoted former Perot state campaign coordinators and officials at Equifax, one of the nation’s largest credit reporting companies, as saying that stolen security codes were used to obtain credit files of campaign workers.
Two former campaign workers told the newspaper that the FBI asked them to provide more information about the allegations.
Marjery Pochet, FBI Dallas spokeswoman, said agency policy is to neither confirm nor deny the existence of investigations unless charges are filed. Dallas FBI Special Agent in Charge Oliver Revell said, “There is no comment.”
The Secret Service and Federal Trade Commission also are investigating the allegations, the workers told The News. Neither agency nor Perot was available for comment Friday.
Officials with Equifax said at least 17 credit files of former Perot campaign workers may have been accessed illegally in April and May, The News reported.
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