1996-08-18 - CS First Boston lawsuit

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From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1996-08-18 20:27:08 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 04:27:08 +0800

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From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 04:27:08 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: CS First Boston lawsuit
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In a lawsuit files in federal court in New York City, CS First Bostom has
charged an unknown party with libel, slander and violation of the Federal
Telecommunications Act, as well as with impoerly obtaining confidential
financial information and sending it out in e-mail messages.

The lawsuit seeks damages of at least $1M against "FBCbuster" and "FBCbuster2",
the aliases of an America Online AOL) subscriber or subscribers. AOL was not
named as a defendant in the lawsuit, which concerns two separate e-mail
messages sent to First Boston employees.

The suit sais the firsy e-mail message, which was sent on March 3, included a
"macabre poem" about the destruction of the firm. In a second message, sent a
week later, the lswsuit states that the writer included confidential salary
information about current and former officers of the firm.

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Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM
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