Tony Trout was arrested last October after infecting PCs with the RemoteSpy program. He could face up to 16 years in jail for spying on fellow council workers PCs. Trout claimed that he was investigating the administrator as a service to the taxpaying public, believing he could be involved in the hacking of computers used by Greenvile County Administrator Joe Kernell. In his defence, Trout claimed he had been investigating Kernell as a. service to. the public, and shared the information with other councillors and legal officials.”]
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