Opinion ID: 176361
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Computer Access Violations

Text: As an adjudications officer with CIS, Defendant Patel had access to the DHS Customs and Border Protection computer network system, which was called “The Enforcement Communications System” (“TECS”). TECS stores information about individuals and businesses that are under investigation for immigration fraud or that have engaged in illegal activity. The evidence at trial showed that, as an adjudication officer, Patel would have received training on the authorized uses of TECS and was certified to make inquiries in TECS. On June 20, 2005 and September 21, 2005, Defendant Patel ran his own name and date of birth in TECS. On October 21, 2005, Patel ran Jayesh’s name 8 and date of birth in TECS. Rand Gallagher, a CIS Associate Regional Director of the Office of Fraud Detection and National Security, testified that an authorized user of TECS would not be authorized to run his own name, or the name of a potential employee, in TECS.