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Legislation and Regulation Keyed to Eskridge, 1st Ed.
Van Buren v. United States
Citation:
141 S. Ct. 1648 (2021)Facts
Nathan Van Buren was a police sergeant in Georgia who developed a relationship with a man named Albo. When Van Buren asked Albo for a personal loan, Albo reported this to the FBI, which set up a sting operation. As part of this operation, Albo asked Van Buren to search a license plate in the law enforcement database in exchange for about $5,000, ostensibly to determine if a woman Albo met was an undercover officer. Van Buren used his valid credentials to access the database and search for the license plate, despite having been trained that the database was only to be used for law enforcement purposes, not personal use. The FBI arrested Van Buren, and he was charged with violating the CFAA for exceeding his authorized access to the database by using it for a non-law-enforcement purpose.
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