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Lawsuit: Will Co. detective ordered to hack officer's wife's iPad


From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 11:52:14 +0000 (UTC)

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/suburbs/joliet_romeoville/chi-will-county-hacking-lawsuit-20130912,0,6440398.story

By Andy Grimm
Tribune reporter
September 12, 2013

A former Will County sheriff's detective claims a top deputy ordered him to hack the deputy's wife's iPad to look for evidence that she was cheating and then demoted the detective when he complained about it to a supervisor.

In a lawsuit filed Thursday in Will County, Josh Fazio says Deputy Chief Ken Kaupas in 2012 told him to crack the pass code on Kaupas' wife's computer to investigate "whether she was cheating on (Kaupas)." When Fazio asked his superior, Sgt. Dan Troike, about it, Troike told him to do as he was asked.

"I can't imagine in what universe that is legitimate police work," said Michael Booher, Fazio's attorney.

Fazio is suing Kaupas and Will County.

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