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→The Boardroom Spy Scandal
In 2006, former HP Chairperson Patricia Dunn and some officials of the company initiated an internal investigation to find out who leaked the details of the board of directors meeting regarding HP's long term strategic plan, which was published by CNET News.com. The private investigation firm hired by the company used pre-texting, a practice which used by the investigators by impersonating a person of interest to be able to access his or her sensitive information such as telephone records.<ref>
In 2006, former HP Chairperson Patricia Dunn and some officials of the company initiated an internal investigation to find out who leaked the details of the board of directors meeting regarding HP's long term strategic plan, which was published by CNET News.com. The private investigation firm hired by the company used pre-texting, a practice which used by the investigators by impersonating a person of interest to be able to access his or her sensitive information such as telephone records.<ref>
[http://www.zdnet.com/news/faq-the-hp-pretexting-scandal/149452 FAQ: The HP 'pretexting' scandal]</ref> The issue became controversial when HP Board of Director Tom Perkins resigned from the company because of the mishandling of the internal investigation. In his resignation letter, he emphasized that he is resigning to "protest the questionable ethics and the dubious legality of the chairman's methods" to find out the source of the leak of information. Perkins disclosed his resignation to the public when HP's Chief Legal Counsel ignored his communications regarding his request to amend the company's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing and include the full details of the reasons why he resigned from the company. He also pointed out that the HP's form-8K filed with the SEC on May 22, 2006 was defected and requested the company to file his letter including its attachments with the SEC as mandated by Item 5.02(a)(3)(iii).<ref>[http://i.n.com.com/pdf/ne/2006/perkins_letter.pdf?tag=mantle_skin;content Tom Perkins Letter to the HP Board]</ref>
[http://www.zdnet.com/news/faq-the-hp-pretexting-scandal/149452 FAQ: The HP 'pretexting' scandal]</ref> The issue became controversial when HP Board of Director Tom Perkins resigned from the company because of the mishandling of the internal investigation. In his resignation letter, he emphasized that he is resigning to "protest the questionable ethics and the dubious legality of the chairman's methods" to find out the source of the leak of information. Perkins disclosed his resignation to the public when HP's Chief Legal Counsel ignored his communications regarding his request to amend the company's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing and include the full details of the reasons why he resigned from the company. He also pointed out that the HP's form-8K filed with the SEC on May 22, 2006 was defected and requested the company to file his letter including its attachments with the SEC as mandated by Item 5.02(a)(3)(iii).<ref>[http://i.n.com.com/pdf/ne/2006/perkins_letter.pdf?tag=mantle_skin;content Tom Perkins Letter to the HP Board]</ref>
HP Board of Director George Keyworth II, who was the source of the leak resigned while Chairman Patricia Dunn stepped down from her position but remained as member of the Board. <ref>[http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2006/tc20060912_684141.htm Charges on the Way at Hewlett-Packard?]</ref> California Attorney General Bill Lockyer filed criminal charges against former Chairman Patricia Dunn, Kevin Hunsaker, former HP chief legal counsel, Ronald Delia, private detective, Joseph DePante, owner of Action Research Group and Brian Wagner, employee of the Action Research Group. The felony charges include fraudulent wire communications, wrongful use of computer data, identity theft and conspiracy to commit the crimes.<ref>[http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/pdf/ne/2006/06-087_0a.pdf?tag=mncol;txt Superior Court of California,County of Santa Clara Filing]</ref>
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