United States v. Dimetriace Eva-Lavon John
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
597 F.3d 263 (2010)
- Written by Sharon Feldman, JD
Facts
Dimetriace Eva-Lavon John (defendant) was an account manager at Citigroup. John had access to customer information contained in Citigroup’s computer system. John provided her half-brother with information pertaining to corporate customer accounts, enabling her half-brother to incur fraudulent charges on customer accounts. Citigroup’s official policies, reiterated in training programs that John attended, prohibited misuse of the company’s internal computer systems and confidential customer information. John was convicted of exceeding authorized access to a protected computer in violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). On appeal, John argued that the statute prohibited using authorized access to obtain information she was not entitled to obtain or to alter information she was not entitled to alter but did not prohibit the unlawful use of information she was authorized to access through authorized use of a computer.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Owen, J.)
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