Defendant: Microsoft source code sale was a setup

Defendant: Microsoft source code sale was a setup
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2004-11-11

A 27-year-old Connecticut man facing felony economic espionage charges for allegedly selling a copy of Microsoft's leaked source code for $20 says he's being singled out only because the software giant and law enforcement officials can't find the people who stole the code in the first place.

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Defendant: Microsoft source code 'sale' was a setup 2004-11-12
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Defendant: Microsoft source code sale was a setup 2004-11-12
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Defendant: Microsoft source code sale was a setup 2004-11-12
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Defendant: Microsoft source code sale was a setup 2004-11-14
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"up to ten years in prison for stealing trade secrets for personal financial gain" 2004-11-15
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This is entrapment 2004-11-17
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"He e-mailed me again and said he had formatted his computer and basically he wanted to download the source again," says Genovese. "I didn't have it any more, and he said if you can find it I'll send you more money just for the hassle."

He no longer had the source but an officer of the law suggested to him to break the law in order to get the files again so they could make an arrest.

Sure selling the source the first time was a bad idea but when he said he no longer had it then that should have been enough for the investigation to be dropped instead of setting him up so they could have someone to bust.

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Re: This is entrapment 2006-07-26
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