Former Tech Employee Accused Of Sex In Campus Office

[Lilith]

Iowaman



ATLANTA -- Channel 2 Action News has learned that an audit of one of thousands of questionable P-card purchases at Georgia Tech uncovered evidence that sex acts were transmitted from a Tech computer, on campus, during work hours.

Georgia Tech auditors also seized computer files documenting scores, possibly hundreds, of sexually explicit online chats.

Wanda Wilson was fired for fraudulent use of a purchase card; accused of running up a bill of only $724, a tiny fraction of the total P-card loses.

But after Georgia Tech auditors discovered Wilson's suspect purchases, they starting analyzing how she'd been using two laptops and one desktop computer.

What they found shocked them well beyond the P-card allegations.

Hardcore, pornographic images were stored on university-owned computers.

Georgia Tech officials provided some of the images to Channel 2, but they are too explicit for TV or the Internet.

There were also scores of chat-room messages -- many of which are also extremely graphic.

Here’s one sample from the middle of a workday in January of last year.


wilson's friend -- where u want to see me do it at.


wilson -- i have no clue.


friend -- in my office is fine.


wilson -- you are kidding right


Wilson worked for Georgia Tech's School of Electrical Engineering and Computing.

Auditors say they have evidence she was having sex in her office and transmitting pictures of herself using Georgia Tech equipment.

The university fired her last September.

Wilson appealed in a letter saying in part, “I am a very good worker, and feel that after the P-card transaction, I was targeted for dismissal."

In an e-mail, Wilson wrote that she lost her job, “Because of the past lifestyle that I chosen." (sic)

Wilson was arrested on the P-card-related charges in March.

The state attorney general's office says it is still investigating the case.

A Georgia Tech spokesman said in a statement, “Georgia Tech's advanced ability to find computer misuse is a testament to our commitment to stop waste, fraud and abuse and bring abusers to justice."

Channel 2 was unable to reach Wilson for a comment.

[jseal]

An ability to find computer misuse after the fact does not persuade me of an organization’s commitment to stop waste. Notice that the analysis was initiated due to a financial audit, not a computer use audit.

[dicksbro]

While you're right, jseal, that this appears to be a financial audit rather than a planned look for computer abuse, it does point out one thing. A lot of companies (and organizations) are tightening down controls over the use of their computers (and phones) by scanning emails, or intercepting communications; taking strong disciplinary actions when abuses are found. There's a "big brother" feel to a lot of that, but, I can kind of see their point. If you're emailing friends, you're not working. If you're looking at sites that are not business related, you're not benefiting the company. Before I retired, I used to work on the principle ... if I would openly tell my boss what I was doing, it's probably okay; if not, I'm probably at risk.

[jseal]

dicksbro,

You raise an interesting issue: where does one’s work life end and private life begin? Is there a clean separation? Should there be?

I looked the responses in PantyFanatic’s “Gadget or Utility (http://www.pixies-place.com:81/forums/showthread.php?t=32860)” thread, and of the 13 responses, 5 or 6 indicate that they use it for work. Had I posted, it wound have been 6 or 7 of 14 – almost 50%.

[Lilith]

I've avoided posting here because it all presents a moral dilemma for me. While I have watched someone who was on cam at/during work before the difference is that we both knew/know it's wrong. We just chose to do it anyway.

If someone is fucking around (literally) at work and gets caught and gets fired, it's on them. Personal responsibility is what people need to start accepting.

[Oldfart]

If you were using a work vehicle to chauffer your friends around, or routing personal calls from your friends to overseas friends, you are taking from your employer.

This is not much different.

[Freya]

I do work on my computer at home. I also surf the web some from work. I think most people do. But hard core porn is going too far, I think.