Dell Employee Sets Up Porn Site Displaying Customers’ Private Photos

A California television station has uncovered a story that is just as bizarre as most soap operas. It all started when a woman by the name of Tara Fitzgerald, a single mother hailing from Sacramento, took “personal” photos of herself and put them on her computer for her boyfriend. Having a 12 year-old daughter, Tara freaked out when she couldn’t find them and called Dell customer support in India for help. An employee by the name of Riyaz Shaikh answered her call and told Tara he could help. He took control of her computer, and found the photos for Tara. She thought that was the end, until she found them on a pornographic website, built explicitly to show off the photos!

The television report goes on to say Tara confronted Shaikh. He said he would take the website down, but he needed a computer to work on the case from home. Trusting him (and why wouldn’t she) Tara bought him a new laptop, and shipped it to India. Then on Valentine’s Day, Shaikh told Tara he fell in love with another American woman and bought her $800 worth of Dell merchandise and charged it to Tara’s Dell credit card. Uh oh!

Tara claims she has complained to Dell but hasn’t received much cooperation, so she has now gone public with the story. Do you believe it?

[via ABC]