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(May 13) -- Nine employees at an Iowa education contractor illegally accessed President Barack Obama's student loan records, prosecutors say.
The employees accessed Obama's student loan records at various times between March 2007 and July 2009, before and after he became president. They allegedly did so by illegally gaining access to a computer at a Coralville office where they worked, The Associated Press reported.
There is no indication as to why the workers were looking at Obama's records.
Indictments posted Wednesday said the accused "intentionally exceeded authorized access to a computer and thereby obtained information from a department and agency of the United States," according to the AP.
All nine are charged with exceeding authorized computer access. The crime carries a maximum penalty of up to a year in prison and a fine of as much as $100,000 according to The Des Moines Register.
Six of those charged are accused of accessing Obama's records while he was still a candidate, the AP said.
Obama studied at Columbia University in New York City and at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass.
The employees accessed Obama's student loan records at various times between March 2007 and July 2009, before and after he became president. They allegedly did so by illegally gaining access to a computer at a Coralville office where they worked, The Associated Press reported.
There is no indication as to why the workers were looking at Obama's records.
Indictments posted Wednesday said the accused "intentionally exceeded authorized access to a computer and thereby obtained information from a department and agency of the United States," according to the AP.
All nine are charged with exceeding authorized computer access. The crime carries a maximum penalty of up to a year in prison and a fine of as much as $100,000 according to The Des Moines Register.
Six of those charged are accused of accessing Obama's records while he was still a candidate, the AP said.
Obama studied at Columbia University in New York City and at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass.
