Rockwell County, TX, District Attorney misuses funds to buy a "back up server"

[OCBuckWife]

A computer that Rockwall County District Attorney Ray Sumrow says he built as a backup server for his office contained documents related to eBay sales, personal e-mails and a cheat sheet for a computer game, an FBI computer expert testified Monday morning.
Rod Gregg, an FBI senior forensic examiner, said 80 percent of the content he found on the computer appeared to be personal rather than work-related.
Mr. Sumrow is being tried in Dallas on charges of forgery, theft and records tampering. As part of the case, prosecutors allege that he used office funds to buy the computer for personal use.
"I would not configure a backup computer in that way," Mr. Gregg said.
"When I saw that, I did not think of anything related to a government agency," he said.
The computer ? equipped with two hard drives, seven fans, high-end video and audio cards, a wireless Internet connection and cables that glow under ultraviolet light ? is designed for playing video games, prosecutors say.

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[Buckeye Maniac]

The sad thing is: I have tanked Kara as a prot specced pally...

 

[Dryden]

The computer ? equipped with two hard drives, seven fans, high-end video and audio cards, a wireless Internet connection and cables that glow under ultraviolet light ? is designed for playing video games, prosecutors say.

Damn. Time for a new server for BP!

 

[scooter1369]

Damn. Time for a new server for BP!

Giddy up. You can store it my place. I'm real close to C-Dog, in case he wants to "work" on it.

 

[ulukinatme]

The sad thing is: I have tanked Kara as a prot specced pally...

zomg, me too. Damn Warriors think they're good, then they watch a Prot Pally multi-tank the entire opera audience at once I'm finished with WoW for now though, at least till the expansion.
Gotta give props to this guy, using the company funds to build his rig, it was a good thought...might have been a little smarter and NOT bought the neon sticks...that probably gave the whole thing away. At the same time, if the server did in fact work as a backup server, and it only took up 20% of the used space, who cares if he put a high end video card in there. Pay 'em back $400 and call it a day.

 

[Gatorubet]

zomg, me too. Damn Warriors think they're good, then they watch a Prot Pally multi-tank the entire opera audience at once I'm finished with WoW for now though, at least till the expansion.