dumpster diving in Smyrna GA

[Henry Brown <hbrown () knology net>]

 From the Atlanta Constitution

http://www.ajc.com/news/tax-forms-other-papers-327067.html

[...]
The Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs is investigating the dumping 
of boxes of personal information -- W-2 forms, bankruptcy files and old 
checks -- into a bin at the Smyrna Recycling Center.

The documents included W2 forms for 1998, 1999 and 2000, Social Security 
numbers and other sensitive personal information, a Smyrna police report 
said. It was not immediately known how many such documents were in the 
bin, but Smyrna police investigator Joe Bennett said the papers were 
piled five or six feet deep in a 10-by-20-foot dumpster.

Smyrna police went to the recycling center Wednesday when somebody 
reported finding several W-2 forms inside a dumpster. Morris Johnson, 
42, of Acworth drove up later with a pickup full of documents, police said.

[...]

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