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Spy couple sentenced
Trojan peddlers get their comeuppance.
An Israeli couple who ran a private investigation service have been handed jail sentences and a $426,000 fine after pleading guilty to developing and selling a trojan which they used to spy on their competitors.
According to investigators, the couple not only used trojans to spy on their own business competitors, but also developed, marketed and sold trojans to other private investigation companies in Israel. Court documents suggest that Michael Haephrati developed the trojan, but it was his wife Ruth Brier-Haephrati who saw a business opportunity and started marketing it to other companies.
Mrs Brier-Haephrati was sentenced to four years imprisonment, while her husband was sentenced to two years in jail. They were each fined one million New Israeli Shekels ($213,000).
01 April 2006
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