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Tories attack "stealth" growth of national DNA database
News But the Home Office said that since 2001 police have been able to retain DNA data in situations where the individual was either cleared or never charged. Conservatives have accused the government of trying to build a national DNA database "by... [13 Feb 2006]
Youth escapes denial of service charge
News A British teenager has been cleared of launching a denial-of-service (DoS) attack against his former employer, in a ruling that delivers another blow to the Computer Misuse Act. He was accused of sending five million emails to his ex-employer... [03 Nov 2005]
Former CEO acquitted in first SOX prosecution
News Scrushy, former CEO of healthcare firm HealthSouth, was yesterday cleared of engineering a multimillion-dollar company-wide fraud scheme, after a trial that lasted almost five months and took place in Alabama. [29 Jun 2005]
Yahoo! Nazi auction trial finally reaches an end
News Timothy Koogle, has been cleared. He had been accused by Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l'amitié des peoples (Movement against racism and for understanding between peoples) and a group of survivors from Auschwitz and other concentration camps. [07 Apr 2005]
Will's Web Watch: Can banks improve phishing defences?
Comment If they contact customers out of the blue, then they are accused of muddying the waters where phishing is concerned but if they maintain silence and an account gets cleared out by anomalous transactions they will be the first in line for stinging... [11 Jan 2005]
Teen cleared of hacking charge
News The UK teenager accused of launching a distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) on the Port of Houston's IT systems was acquitted at Southwark Crown Court today. During the trial Caffrey was accused of being part of an elite hacking group, and... [17 Oct 2003]
WorldCom pair take the Fifth
News Co-founder and former CEO Ebbers told congressional investigators he would be cleared of any wrong doing and declined to answer direct questions from the House financial services committee. Sullivan, who was sacked as CFO after the uncovering of... [09 Jul 2002]
Hewlett gives up merger battle
News The court in Delaware also cleared HP executives of accusations they had exaggerated to shareholders the financial benefits of the acquisition. Hewlett's lawsuit accused HP boss Carly Fiorina of buying shareholders' approval prior to the all... [01 May 2002]
Dodgy dealing all round
Comment He was personally cleared of any involvement early this week, although a holding company he owned admitted it had acted illegally. He too stood accused of inflating revenues and customer database figures. [14 Feb 2002]
Vodafone boss cleared of corruption charges
News Vodafone supremo Chris Gent has been cleared of corruption charges by German regulators investigating last year's £113bn hostile takeover of Mannesmann. Gent's role was put under the spotlight when influential German union boss Klaus Zwickel... [10 Sep 2001]
"Say sorry, Bill. Or I sue!"
News Avery was cleared of piracy by a Canadian judge last week after she single-handedly defended herself against allegations of piracy from the Seattle software giant. A Canadian disabled woman is considering suing Microsoft after the software behemoth... [25 May 2001]
