(E-Business) Oceanside man gets probation in e-mail hacking – Newsday

An Oceanside man who was a senior officer at a high-end audiovisual systems manufacturer was sentenced to 3 years’ probation for illegally wiretapping a competing company, prosecutors said. Goldenberg, 47, pleaded guilty to third-degree illegal wiretapping last month in a corporate espionage case in which prosecutors say he gained access to several e-mail accounts at the Woodcliff Lake, N. A longtime customer of both Sapphire Marketing and Crestron Electronics, Goldenberg had developed strong business and personal relationships with executives at the two companies while working as a reseller of Crestron’s products, Sapphire and Crestron senior officers said. Goldenberg had access to customer lists, all communications with customers, product plans and technologies as well as sales and marketing strategies through these e-mails, said Randy Klein, Crestron’s chief operating officer. Goldenberg was able to use that information to underbid Sapphire and Crestron, who lost millions in sales, both executives said. read more

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