The Porn Defense at Mesa Air

Have you heard everything? Maybe, but Mesa Air’s CFO Peter Murnane is using a new approach to wiggle out of his corporate espionage troubles:

Mesa Air Group Inc., charged with corporate espionage in its efforts to start a low-fare Hawaii-based airline, has a novel explanation for why CFO Peter Murnane deleted files from his computer a week after the company was sued: Murnane, the company says, was trying to cover up his interest in pornography.

Mesa stands accused by Hawaiian Airlines Inc. of using confidential information obtained while considering an investment in Hawaiian Airlines during its bankruptcy to instead start Go!, now an inter-island rival. Hawaiian Airlines’ case got a boost after it discovered e-mails that Murnane had sent looking for advice on how to delete files just days after the suit was announced, and after the company determined via a computer expert that Murnane had wiped out data on two laptops and a home PC using special software.

Perhaps the Knicks could pick up a pointer from these guys.

Mesa CFO purged porn, not financial docs
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