Man To Plead Guilty To Stealing From Acxiom
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
An Ohio man is due in court today to plead
guilty to a federal charge that he stole data from an
Arkansas-based database company.
Under a deal with federal prosecutors, Daniel Baas (bass) of
suburban Cincinnati has agreed to plead guilty to gaining illegal
access to the computer database of Little Rock-based Acxiom
(AXEY`-um) Corporation. He could face a federal prison term and
fine on the basis of his scheduled plea this afternoon in
Cincinnati federal court.
Government prosecutors say the 25-year-old Baas stole the data
between January 2001 and January 2003 through his job at a
Cincinnati company hired to analyze data for Acxiom. Prosecutors
say the scheme has cost Acxiom at least five-point-eight (m)
million dollars.
The company serves major banks, retailers and credit-card
issuers. Prosecutors say they have no evidence that Baas used the
illegally obtained data for criminal purposes.
