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Written by DocuTech
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Friday, 07 May 2010 10:59 |
A former UCLA School of Medicine researcher has been sentenced to four months in federal prison for illegally snooping into the confidential private records of celebrities, high-profile patients and co-workers.
Huping Zhou, 48, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in downtown Los Angeles in January to four misdemeanor counts of violating federal privacy provisions. He was also ordered to pay $2,000 in fines.
It is reported that the celebrity records he accessed included those of Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, Tom Hanks, Sharon Osbourne, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barbara Walters, Anne Rice, Elizabeth Banks and Leonardo DiCaprio.
See the Department of Justice press release here.
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