Phone store clerk stole nude photos while transferring customers’ data, US suit says


A worker assisting a customer at a phone store in New York, US. In-store security camera footage shows Tu ‘openly and casually’ scrolling through the customer’s photos while he was meant to be transferring data, according to court documents. — Bloomberg

If you’re in the market for a new phone, be careful with who transfers your data to the new device – especially if your images are private and personal.

An employee at Beaufort’s T-Mobile/Connectivity Source store has been accused of sending himself hundreds of nude photos from the phones of unsuspecting customers, according to a lawsuit filed last week in Beaufort County civil court.

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