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Criminal

May 20, 2017

Federal judge guts child pornography case over alleged FBI false statement on warrant

The case also revealed some Best Buy employees also worked as government informants.

By Meghann M. Cuniff
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A U.S. judge gutted a child pornography case that revealed some Best Buy employees worked as government informants after he concluded key evidence was gained in part through false statements by an FBI agent.

But he said the Geek Squad did nothing illegal by reporting to law enforcement any criminal content the technicians believed they had found on the defendant's computer.

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