HP ex-chairwoman, lawyer indicted
AFP, October, 2006
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — California's attorney general has announced indictments against Hewlett-Packard's ousted chairwoman Patricia Dunn and former ethics lawyer Kevin Hunsaker for their roles in a snowballing boardroom espionage scandal. "In this misguided effort, people inside and outside HP violated privacy rights and broke state law.
Those who cross the legal line must be held accountable," Attorney General Bill Lockyer told reporters. Three private detectives involved in the US computer equipment giant's alleged spying operations were also indicted, Lockyer said. Dunn and Hunsaker were indicted along with Ronald DeLia, Matthew Depante and Bryan Wagner, Lockyer said at a press conference in the state capital of Sacramento. Lockyer asked the court for warrants to arrest those accused. If convicted as charged, each would face maximum punishments of 12 years in prison and fines of approximately 65,000 dollars. "One of our state's most venerable corporate institutions lost its way," ...