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This is a real risk. One company I worked for had me modify already sent and archived emails and Yahoo Messenger logs to remove incriminating evidence in prepar
by quasque 14y ago
This is a real risk. One company I worked for had me modify already sent and archived emails and Yahoo Messenger logs to remove incriminating evidence in preparation for an expected unfair dismissal trial. And also conveniently 'lose' the backup tapes for the period where the original data existed. Thankfully it was settled out of court.
Mind you, the dishonesty was rife there. The boss had me scan in his cellphone bills and edit to remove all records of calls to his mistress, so he could print them out (as 'photocopies') and prove to his wife that he wasn't cheating on her.
Kind of regret all that now, but payment alleviates conscience.
- pc86 14y ago> but payment alleviates conscience. That's disgusting.
- quasque 14y ago"That's disgusting." I agree. This was years ago - I wouldn't do it now as I have financial freedom and (probably) a higher standard of morals. But back then, keeping my employers satisfied so my sole source of income was safe, was a large motivator.
- gertef 14y agoHave you notified his wife and apologized for lying to her? If not, you are still hurting her today.
- quasque 14y agoNo, and I'm not going to. I can't see how it would help anyone involved, especially several years on. Anyway I don't even know who she is, or if they're even married any more.
- eli 14y agoErr, IANAL, but you may have committed a crime by tampering with evidence even though it was a civil case.
- quasque 14y agoQuite probably. I was most relieved when it wasn't taken to court.
- otterley 14y agoDefinitely in California, if not most states: "Every person who, knowing that any book, paper, record, instrument in writing, or other matter or thing, is about to be produced in evidence upon any trial, inquiry, or investigation whatever, authorized by law, willfully destroys or conceals the same, with intent thereby to prevent it from being produced, is guilty of a misdemeanor." (Cal. Pen. Code. S. 135)
- jessaustin 14y ago(I'm asking for a friend.) What if the paperwork in question isn't being used in an investigation, but rather as a way of proving residence in a particular area for the purpose of receiving services provided in that area?
- hollerith 14y agoPretty sure that the laws of all 50 states considers that to be fraud. If the person committing the fraud is poor however or very young, the will to prosecute the fraud is often absent, but you cannot count on that. For example, someone was prosecuted here in California for helping a friend without health insurance obtain medical care by trying to get the hospital to believe that his friend was him. IANAL though.