REDUCED | COMPUTER TAMPERING/THEFT by EXTORTION ($27,000) REDUCED to CRIMINAL IMPERSONATION class 6 open/Misdemeanor with PROBATION and ZERO DAYS JAIL – State v. Ms. Q. (DMC No. 10843) (Maricopa County Superior Court CR2011-005962): Ms. Q. was fired from her company, and before she left she logged in on her boss’s computer and sent herself an email making it look like she had been threatened and sexually harassed by her boss. She then went to the HR Department and began negotiations regarding a $27,000 settlement. When all of this was discovered, she was charged with computer tampering and extortion. We were able to have the case reduced to a simple “Criminal Impersonation”, which involved probation and no jail. At the conclusion of probation, her case was designated a misdemeanor, and Ms. Q. has no felony on her record.
