Law firm temp worker sentenced in data theft
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A temporary worker who took data about an electronic voting company from a law firm’s computers avoided jail time in a plea agreement with prosecutors.
Stephen Mark Heller, 44, pleaded guilty Nov. 20 to unlawfully accessing a computer at the Jones Day law firm in Los Angeles. The firm represented voting machine manufacturer Diebold Inc. Heller took memos stating that Diebold might have broken laws. The memos were subsequently leaked to the media.
Heller received three years’ probation and must pay $10,000 restitution.
