<p>Leon Walker has been charged by prosecutors in Oakland County, Michigan, under the state's anti-hacking laws aimed at preventing identity theft in the US, for allegedly reading her wife Clara's e-mails without her prior permission, 'The Daily Telegraph' online reported.<br /><br />Leon had suspected that his wife, who had been married twice before, was having an affair with her former husband.<br /><br />He is alleged to have used his computer skills to gain access to her e-mail account on their shared home computer and discovered a series of e-mails which confirmed his suspicions that his wife was cheating on him, the report said.<br /><br />Subsequently, Leon handed the e-mails over to the son of Clara's first husband who was forced into revealing the source of the leaked e-mails. When his wife realised her e-mails were read, she lodged a complaint with authorities.<br /><br />Clara later split up from Leon and the couple were divorced earlier this month, when he was arrested for hacking.<br /><br />Prosecutor Jessica Cooper has dismissed Leon's claims he had used his wife's password to log on to the computer. She said Leon was nothing but a "hacker" who used his skills as a computer technician to gain access to his wife's e-mails.<br /><br />"It was password protected, he had wonderful skills, and was highly trained. Then he downloaded them and used them in a very contentious way," Cooper was quoted as saying.<br /><br />Walker, who works as an IT technician for Oakland County, denies hacking into his wife's account. He is due to go on trial in February and could face a maximum of five years in jail if convicted.</p>
<p>Leon Walker has been charged by prosecutors in Oakland County, Michigan, under the state's anti-hacking laws aimed at preventing identity theft in the US, for allegedly reading her wife Clara's e-mails without her prior permission, 'The Daily Telegraph' online reported.<br /><br />Leon had suspected that his wife, who had been married twice before, was having an affair with her former husband.<br /><br />He is alleged to have used his computer skills to gain access to her e-mail account on their shared home computer and discovered a series of e-mails which confirmed his suspicions that his wife was cheating on him, the report said.<br /><br />Subsequently, Leon handed the e-mails over to the son of Clara's first husband who was forced into revealing the source of the leaked e-mails. When his wife realised her e-mails were read, she lodged a complaint with authorities.<br /><br />Clara later split up from Leon and the couple were divorced earlier this month, when he was arrested for hacking.<br /><br />Prosecutor Jessica Cooper has dismissed Leon's claims he had used his wife's password to log on to the computer. She said Leon was nothing but a "hacker" who used his skills as a computer technician to gain access to his wife's e-mails.<br /><br />"It was password protected, he had wonderful skills, and was highly trained. Then he downloaded them and used them in a very contentious way," Cooper was quoted as saying.<br /><br />Walker, who works as an IT technician for Oakland County, denies hacking into his wife's account. He is due to go on trial in February and could face a maximum of five years in jail if convicted.</p>