{"id":87150,"date":"2019-01-07T12:53:33","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T17:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sentencing.net\/?p=87150"},"modified":"2019-11-05T15:18:33","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T20:18:33","slug":"wire-fraud-confidential-business-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sentencing.net\/trial\/wire-fraud-confidential-business-information","title":{"rendered":"Wire Fraud and Stealing Confidential Business Information"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t
Employees of corporations have varying levels of access to the corporation’s information that the business may consider confidential. One significant source of criminal prosecutions is the use of confidential information by employees for their own personal gain and to the detriment of the company. When does benefiting from confidential business information cross the legal line? The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals<\/a> recently tackled the issue of whether the mail and wire fraud statutes protect against the theft of confidential business information.<\/p>\nDoes the Wire Fraud Statute Protect Against the Theft of Confidential Business Information?<\/h2>\n