But this might not be necessarily criminal. What if the guy has only encrypted his vacation pictures ? Fire-able offense as the laptop was company owned and su

But this might not be necessarily criminal. What if the guy has only encrypted his vacation pictures ? Fire-able offense as the laptop was company owned and such behavior sets all alarms. Once fired, they get to look at your history... Let's admit that when dealing with IP worth tens of billions different procedures are in place, and the burden of proof for being fired /investigated is much, much lower than "beyond reasonable doubt" used to jail you.