Man Gets 11 Years After Geek Squad Reports Child Porn On His Computer

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A man got 135 months in jail and a $10,000 fine after Geek Squad reported the computer he brought in for servicing had child pornography on it.

A man got 135 months in jail and a $10,000 fine after Geek Squad reported the computer he brought in for servicing had child pornography on it.

Just to make sure there’s no other child pornographers out there, Geek Squad will continue to scour the hard drives of its customers for salacious images and video, helping itself to whatever media it fancies as a sort of automatic gratuity for the vigilante services it provides to the community.

Geek Squad trip lands child porn “trafficker” in slammer for 10 years [ArsTechnica] (Thanks to Hassan!)

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