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For Immediate Release Press Release August 2, 2002 |
U.S. Department
of Justice United States Attorney Central District of California Debra W. Yang
Thom Mrozek Public Affairs Officer (213) 894-6947
Contact: Jacqueline Chooljian
Assistant United States Attorney (213) 894-5615 |
San Fernando Valley Residents Indicted In Scheme To Hack Into Software
Firm Computer and Delete $2.6 Million Project
Two former employees of the Santa Monica office of an international software
development company were indicted today on federal charges of conspiring to
enter the companys computer systems and unlawfully delete a $2.6 million
software package that was being developed for a foreign client.
Glenn Cazenave, 44, of Encino, and Amaya Marinella, 31, of Van Nuys, were
named today in separate indictments that accuse both defendants of one count
of conspiracy and one count of hacking into a computer system and causing
damage.
The target of the scheme was Commerce One, which in 2000 had an office in
Santa Monica and now is based in Pleasanton, California. Cazenave was hired
to run Commerce Ones engineering department, and Amaya was an employee
of the company supervised by Cazenave. While Cazenave was initially assigned
to lead the multi-million dollar Memec project, he was soon taken
off the project and later was terminated by the company.
After Cazenave was terminated, Amaya allegedly provided Cazenave with the
administrator password for the Commerce One server where the Memec project
was located so that Cazenave could delete the project file. Using the password
he received from Amaya, Cazenave deleted the entire Memec project file on
February 21, 2001. However, Commerce One personnel were able to retrieve the
deleted information, a move which limited the companys losses to the
cost of investigating the intrusion and ensuring that the system was no longer
vulnerable to such attacks.
An indictment contains allegations that a defendant has committed a crime.
Every defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond
a reasonable doubt.
Cazenave and Amaya are expected to be arraigned on the charges in late August.
If they are convicted on both charges in the indictment, each defendant faces
a maximum possible sentence of 10 years in federal prison.
The cases against Cazenave and Amaya were investigated by the Federal Bureau
of Investigation.
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