FBI Paid Best Buy Technicians to Inform Them about Illegal Content on Customer Devices
By Mairead McArdle
March 7, 2018 4:45 PM
The revelation comes as the FBI is accused of targeting Trump campaign officials.
The FBI recruited computer technicians at Best Buy to inform them about illegal content on personal devices customers brought in for repairs, new Bureau documents show.
The informants were discovered after Best Buy’s Geek Squad technicians at a Kentucky repair shop found thousands of child-pornography images on California doctor Mark Rettenmaier’s computer. The documents from the ensuing court case showed that eight informants were cooperating with the FBI to turn over illegal content.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation sued the Department of Justice and finally obtained records the FBI had not revealed, which proved Best Buy had a long-term relationship with federal agents.
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