A sales executive who used personal information to guess passwords, hack into e-mail accounts and listen in on conference calls at his friends’ companies was sentenced to probation Friday — a punishment the victims said was too lenient.
David Goldenberg, 47, of Oceanside, N.Y., was fined $1,000 and sentenced to three years probation Friday for a single count of felony wiretapping. He initially faced five felony charges but was spared jail time under a plea agreement with New Jersey prosecutors.
The victims estimate he cost them more than $10 million in lost business and security improvement expenses.
Marla Suttenberg, owner of Woodcliff Lake-based Sapphire Marketing, described the sentence as a slap on the wrist that wouldn’t deter others. She said both companies [Sapphire Marketing and Crestron Electronics Inc.] continue to suffer.
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