Spycam News: Security Check Nabs 'Moonlighting' Spy

TX - An employee of the National Security Agency in San Antonio is facing prison time for taking his agency's spying mission a little too far...

James Johannes pleaded guilty in Federal Court in San Antonio on Thursday to sneaking around outside the homes of his neighbors, and using his smart phone to take videos of little girls who were undressing, peeking through their windows and open doors.

Johannes was nabbed in a rather unconventional way. He was attending a meeting at Fort Sam Houston, and as he left, military police asked to check his cell phone. It is standard procedure to check the cell phones of people in secure areas to make sure there is no classified material on them.

The guards found videos of an underage girl getting undressed and stepping into the shower.

Other similar images were found on Johannes' cell phone, and one of the girls recognized him...because he was a youth leader at their church. more

Spycam News: Multi-Millionaire Landlord Pleads Guilty to Secretly Filming his Tenants

Australia - A multi-millionaire Sydney landlord will face sentencing next month after pleading guilty to charges relating to secretly filming his tenants without consent to obtain sexual arousal.

Masaaki Imaeda, 66, installed hidden cameras into his rental properties so he could spy on tenants having sex or undressing...

After finding a warning about Imaeda and his spy cameras on a Japanese website, a husband and wife who rented a bedroom from him found a camera in their bedroom light fitting.

The young couple called police, who found multiple other hidden cameras inside the house...

He faces up to two years in prison. more

UK - A Starbucks customer in London was left “shocked and disgusted”* after finding a hidden camera above a toilet in a branch of the coffee shop. 

Ricci Arcari, 33, was at the Starbucks in Vauxhall when he spotted the device hidden in an air vent directly above the unisex toilet.

He told The Independent: “I go in [to the store] regularly. I ordered my drink and while I was waiting I popped in to use the toilet.

“I was standing using the toilet when I noticed a little glint Iike the way glass reflects.

“I stood on top of the toilet seat to get a better look and realised it was a webcam or some other kind of recording device.”

Mr Arcari, who used to work for Starbucks himself, said he ran out of the toilet, asked to speak to the store manager and showed him the camera.

The manager seemed “pretty shocked” and reportedly said “Oh God, that’s not good".

The device was immediately taken down and placed in a bag to be passed to police. more

 * May also be applied to the dirty air vent grill.
Protect yourself.

IoT Takes Down the Net — "Wow, didn't see that coming."

If you followed this blog you would have. The topic has been in the Scrapbook for years.

The IoT insecurity trend has been building for a long time. Few paid attention. When it knocked out the Internet people start taking notice.

Let's review a few of the old posts. Then, imagine a month without the electrical grid.

2009 Video over IP. Convenient, but not secure.
2011 Security Director Alert: Unsecured Webcams Hacked
2011 Man Hacks 100+ Webcams and Makes Blackmail Videos
2011 Scared of SCADA? You will be now...
2012 SpyCam Story #647 - Unintended Exhibitionists
2013 Shodan - The Scary Search Engine
2013 Baby Cam Hackers Can See You, Hear You, and Talk to You... and Your Kids
2013 The Ratters - men who spy on women through their webcams
2013 Spybusters Tip #972 - Own a Foscam camera? There is a security update for you!
2015 Is Your Home Security System Putting You at Risk? ...news at eleven.
2015 Some Top Baby Monitors Lack Basic Security Features
2016 FutureWatch - Keep Your Eye on IoT - The Encryption Debate is a Distraction
2016 Do You Have an IoT in the Workplace Policy? (you need one)
2016 Security Alert: Your Security Camera May Have Friends You Don't Know About
2016 Your New IoT Ding-Dong Can Open Your Wi-Fi... to hackers
2016 Security Director Alert - 46,000 Internet-accessible Video Recorders Hackable
2016 Mom Alerted - Daughters' Bedroom Nanny Cam Streaming on Internet
2016 Hackers Infect Army of Cameras, DVRs for Massive Internet Attacks 

Lawmakers, force the manufacturers of these devices to a higher security standard. ~Kevin

Spy Camera News: Seven Cameras Found in One Airbnb

NV - A man is facing criminal charges after eight people were recorded secretly by hidden cameras in his Airbnb vacation rental home in Las Vegas.

Clark County District Court records show that Christopher Gregory Rogers was indicted last week on five counts of capturing an image of the private area of another person, a gross misdemeanor...

According to a declaration prepared by a Las Vegas police detective, a man and his employees needed a place to stay during the annual Consumer Electronics Show and found Rogers’ listing on Airbnb...

On Jan. 4 the renters met with a host, whom police believe is Rogers’ employee. They noticed security cameras in the common areas of the home and were told the private rooms had no cameras, according to the police report.

Five days later, the renters noticed the smoke detector in the master bathroom had a small camera hidden in it. The renters found other hidden cameras in the private areas of the home and notified Las Vegas police.

A total of six hidden spy cameras were found in the bedrooms and a bathroom. The cameras were being fed to a server room, which contained a digital video recording device, according to the report.

An Additional iHome radio contained a small camera that recorded to a flash drive. Some cameras were pointed at the beds, some at a sitting area in the master bedroom and one at the master shower, the report said. more

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Man Admits Spying on UEA Students in Toilets and Shower

UK - Luke Mallaband, 22, was once in a relationship with one of the women he recorded showering, although she had not consented to being filmed.

Norwich Magistrates Court heard the filming of students at the UEA, and other locations, had been “going on for a number of years”.

Josephine Jones, prosecuting, said a woman using a gender neutral toilet in the UEA library noticed a “white plastic bag on the floor which appeared to have a hole in one corner”.

She had noticed the bag a few days before and opened it to discover a box which also had a hole in it.

“Inside the box she found an iPhone 6 which was recording.”

In total 38 videos had been recorded on an iPhone at various locations, including toilets at the UEA, a bathroom and also at Mary Chapman Court student accommodation at UEA. more

Student Fined for Spying on Women via their Webcams

Student from Munich fined €1,000 for spying on 32 different computers, using their webcams to take photographs, or record their keyboard history. more

Former Director of Enchanted Forest Denies Spying on Women

The former director of the Enchanted Forest lightshow and Pitlochry Festival Theatre has been accused of secretly spying on women and filming them for more than three years. more

Yet Another Spycam Story This Week

UK - Jack Eldred hid a secret camera at his unsuspecting victim's house and filmed her drying herself off with a towel.

Eldred later sent the victim some of the shots on Facebook and threatened to forward them to her boyfriend.

"There is no dispute he made the recordings - they were not only found on his phone, but in one of the videos he can be seen setting up the hidden camera" she said.

In the clip, he was wearing a hoodie as he smiled directly at the camera and gave a thumbs up sign with both hands. more

Spycam News: Video Voyeur Builds Spy Camera into Toy Jukeboxes—Gives them to Kids

FL - Deputies with the Lake County Sheriff's Office seized various equipment after Robert Anthony O'Hare's arrest last year. Through the seizure, they learned O'Hare had placed hidden cameras in two miniature jukeboxes that were later delivered to children.

"They didn't go through the post office, it looks as they he hand-delivered them," said John Herrell, with the Lake County Sheriff's Office.

The hidden cameras were used to film the children unbeknownst to them, according to deputies.

"As long as they (the jukeboxes) were plugged into the wall, those cameras were activated," Herrell said. "He could use a remote control and remotely control what the camera was viewing."

O'Hare is accused of producing hundreds of videos using a telescopic lens and camera found in his closet during a search of his home in October 2015, deputies said.

Hundreds of downloaded pornographic videos involving adults were also found on his devices, according to authorities. O’Hare is also accused of downloading child porn at a coffee shop. more

Spycam News: Gawker Smacks Down on Monday

Gawker, the best known part of Gawker Media, but apparently the least salvageable, will not be welcomed aboard the lifeboat that Univision has sent to the sinking company in the form of a $135 million bid for its assets. The site will cease publishing on Monday, according to a person familiar with the situation...

Gawker's nearly 14 years' worth of media-world scoops, amusing rants, gratuitous take-downs and occasional investigative gems will be archived, according to a memo company founder and Chief Executive Nick Denton sent to staffers Thursday announcing the site's closure.

"We have not been able to find a single media company or investor willing to take on Gawker.com," he wrote. "The campaign being mounted against its editorial ethos and former writers has made it too risky. I can understand the caution. Gawker.com may, like Spy Magazine in its day, have a second act. For the moment, however, it will be mothballed, until the smoke clears and a new owner can be found."...

Gawker Media, which declared bankruptcy in June after losing an invasion-of-privacy suit brought by Hulk Hogan. A Florida jury awarded him $140 million in the case, which revolved around a sex tape of the wrestler, whose real name is Terry Bollea, that Gawker published.  more

Video Voyeur Spycam Incidents Still Running at High Levels

AR - Police in Greenwood, AR arrested a man on Sunday after he was accused of recording women in a restaurant bathroom, says a 5 News Online report. Authorities were notified after a 10-year-old girl found a hidden cell phone that had been recording video in the women’s bathroom at El Palenque. more

AR -  A Lowell man pleaded not guilty Monday to charges accusing him of secretly recording in a men's bathroom. more

DE - Police in Milltown, Delaware, are investigating a hidden camera found in the women’s bathroom of Moe’s Southwest Grill that contained video clips of over 100 women and even an little girl. The bathroom camera was discovered after a restaurant employee overheard a man discussing the camera. The camera was found fastened to a garbage can in the women’s restroom. Along with the camera a power source and a memory card was discovered. more

FL - Authorities found cameras disguised as wall-mounted coat hooks in at least three public bathrooms in and around the Florida Keys, according to a new report. Over the last week the hidden devices were discovered in the women’s room of a Circle K outlet, the girls’ room in a park at Anne’s Beach, and the women’s room at Harry Harris Park, police said this week. more

FL - Authorities arrested David Newell, 55, after a female friend of the jail informant told officials she had rented a room from Newell but moved out after she said she found cameras within the walls of the room. Authorities obtained a search warrant Thursday morning for Newell's Southport home, where they found camera wires in the walls and a camera in Newell's closet. Investigators say they also found a large, underground room in his backyard. more

OH - He'll be back in court next Tuesday. Bond for 65-year-old Jerry Rowe is being kept at $20,000. Rowe was arrested last week after cameras were found installed in the bathrooms of five women at the Steeplechase apartments where Rowe was a maintenance worker. According to the sheriff's office, one of the cameras captured Rowe installing it. more

Spycam News - Teachers (2) Resign Following Arrest For Secretly Videotaping Teens

GA - An Alpharetta man and former middle school teacher has been charged with secretly videotaping a teenager inside his home.

Alpharetta police have charged John Link Walsh, 43, with one count of unlawful eavesdropping or surveillance, the agency said on Tuesday...

According to an incident report released by the Alpharetta Department of Public Safety... The teenager said she woke up from sleeping on the sofa and went to take a shower. When she went to her bedroom to get dressed, “she noticed a camera that was hidden on a bookshelf in her room,” according to the report. more

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UK - A teacher at a top grammar school used a hidden camera to spy on a teenage girl in the shower...

A court heard how the 53-year-old secretly deployed two cameras to film his victim washing and being intimate with her boyfriend...

Liverpool Crown Court heard the girl discovered the first camera, which contained footage of her showering, last year. Neville Biddle, prosecuting, said she confronted Smith, who made a “spurious excuse”, and persuaded his embarrassed victim not to make a complaint.

However, the girl then found another hidden camera - this time in the shape of a pen - which Smith used to film her and her boyfriend... Officers recovered his computer and recording equipment including 22 videos. more

The New Cowboy Spy

From the Ol' Timer...
"Howdy, partner. There is a new surveillance risk in town, and he be a-aimin' at you.


Worried about board meeting eavesdroppers; business espionage desperados, and bad egg buggists? Darn tootin' you are, and you've hired the local TSCM-slinger to keep you above snakes. Does a fine job of it, too. 


Oh, about Mr. New Surveillance Risk. He ain't no fancy foreign spy, crow-bait competitor, or even a chiseler employee. No sir, bub, he's the cow chip of the spy world; a tenderfoot with a mighty powerful weapon. A sneaky dude who'll leave you in court, emptyin' your wallet faster than greased lightning. Yes sir'ee, he's the Workplace Video Voyeur, and he ain't a-playing according to Hoyle."


Thanks for the warning, old timer. You're right as rain. I know. I've run into a couple of these hombres during my time on the trail. Let me tell you a story... 


My Fortune 50 client called me a few months ago. Seems, an employee found a spy camera hidden in one of their restrooms. The news media caught wind of it and jumped all over the story. It was an embarrassing mess. It may also be an expensive mess if the people caught by the camera decide to sue. 


We had been inspecting their boardroom, executive offices and off-site meeting locations for over two decades. This due diligence resulted in the capture of one spy, on-site (a competitor's employee), one wireless bug, and several general information security loopholes which they quickly patched up. 


Nobody expected a bathroom video voyeur, however. Yet this incident held promise of greater damage than any corporate espionage attack. In addition to being costly in dollars and damaging reputation-wise, a video voyeur attack directly affects employee morale. Its hard to put a price on that.


The company asked me for help. They needed to prevent future incidents. Made sense. After one incident, they could face "foreseeability," a legal term. In short, it is the theory that if something happens once you become aware it could happen again. If you do nothing to correct the situation, and it does happen again, you are considered negligent. Sexual harassment in the workplace also plays into future incidents. This makes for an expensive mix in court. 


In addition to protecting themselves, the company really wanted to assure their employees that they were taking the situation very seriously.

We discussed several possible solutions. 

Sending our Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM) team to inspect all their restrooms and locker rooms (worldwide) was impractical, of course. What we eventually decided upon was a three-fold strategy, which turned out to be very cost-effective.

1. A review of their Recording in the Workplace Policy for completeness and effectiveness. This policy covers all aspects of recording anything to do with the company (audio, video and data). Most companies don't even have policy.

2. Development of an on-line spycam detection training program for their local facilities managers and security staff. This would professionally prepare them to conduct simple periodic inspections of the 'expectation of privacy' areas on company property. An inspection log and photos would be kept on file. The log documents inspection dates and results. The photos document changes in the area over time. Both may be used to show due diligence in court.
 
3. A short on-line spycam awareness video was produced for all employees to view. This was placed on the company intranet. It explained the growing social problem of video voyeurism, the steps the company is taking to prevent the problem in the workplace, and self-protection tips employees can use to protect themselves and their families, wherever they are.


This company-wide solution cost them about as much as a one-day sweep of their executive offices, and it will be used at all their locations, for years to come. 


Other companies have not been so lucky. Another New York City firm paid two employees one million dollars apiece in connection with their video voyeur incident.

Yup, ol' timer. The times are changing. Companies need to start watching their butts, when it comes to butt watchers.


~Kevin

Spycam News: What Happens in Vegas Doesn't Always Stay in Vegas

Police in North Las Vegas are looking for a man they say put a hidden camera in the bathroom of a business there...

Investigators have released a clip from video surveillance in the store showing the man they believe to be the suspect.

He is described as a Hispanic male adult, approximately 30 years of age, about 5’ 07”, weighing 190 lbs. He was last seen wearing black glasses, a gray polo shirt, light colored pants, and black sandals.

If you have any information that could help police in this case you’re asked to call them or Crimestoppers at 702-385-5555. more

UPDATE (9/2/2015) - North Las Vegas police say media reports led to the identification and arrest of a 37-year-old man believed to have recorded his own face while placing a hidden camera in the bathroom of a clothing store.

Officer Aaron Patty said Eduardo Rafael Chavez was arrested Tuesday. more

Down Under News - Spy Camera Found in Toilet at Shopping Center

Australia - Detectives are investigating how a small camera came to be hidden inside a smoke alarm in a public toilet at a suburban Perth shopping centre.

Its discovery by a worker, understood to be an electrician, on Friday prompted management at Belmont Forum to conduct a “thorough sweep” of all its facilities to ensure there were no other devices.

WA Police are examining the contents on the camera.

A man posted on Facebook on Friday that he was working at Belmont Forum and when he went to the toilet he noticed the smoke alarm flashing. He said he pulled the smoke alarm cover off the ceiling and found a cordless camera inside.

The man said the discovery made him feel sick. He urged people to be vigilant about anything “dodgy” and to check for “domestic battery-operated smoke alarms” in public toilets.

Images posted on Facebook of what looks like a hidden camera, discovered in a smoke detector.

A spokeswoman for Belmont Forum said: “The device was immediately handed into centre management and subsequently turned over to WA Police.

“Belmont Forum is assisting WA Police with the investigation and has conducted a thorough sweep of all the facilities in the shopping centre. No further devices have been found.” more 

Interesting... This is the same camera I featured in the Basic Cameras chapter of my on-line Spycam Detection training course. Even more interesting... the camera also transmits a wireless signal directly to a smartphone. You can preview the Basic Cameras chapter for FREE. https://www.udemy.com/spycam-detection/ (scroll down to Basic Cameras)

Spycam News - Rhino Spy Cameras to Help Crackdown on Poachers

Rhinos being hunted by poachers have received a new boost thanks to a British-designed spy camera and GPS system that can be implanted in their horns.

Experts hope the technology, which also includes a heart-rate monitor that triggers an alarm if a rhino is shot, could help turn the tables on poachers.

Park rangers will be helicoptered to the scene within minutes of an alarm, guided by the GPS, giving poachers no time to escape.

The video footage captured on the horn camera can then be used as evidence to secure a conviction. more

Spycam News - Planned Parenthood Pinged

Anti-abortion activists on Tuesday released a second undercover video aimed at discrediting Planned Parenthood's procedures for providing fetal tissue to researchers.

The video shows a woman identified as Dr. Mary Gatter, a Planned Parenthood medical director in California, meeting with people posing as potential buyers of intact fetal specimens. Much of the conversation on the video deals with how much money the buyers should pay. more

NYC - Spycam Found in Bathroom Used by Top Corporations

The New York City Police Department reported today that a pinhole camera was found in a unisex bathroom at Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)’s corporate offices in NYC last week. A designer with the company discovered the camera, located above the light switch.

Johnson & Johnson ’s building maintenance supervisor reported the camera to the New York Police Department after it was discovered on Jan. 16, 2015. After examination, the camera was found to contain an SD card used for video storage. Johnson & Johnson’s Carol Goodrich said the company had immediately contacted the NYPD after the camera’s discovery...

Spycams are disguised as many things. This one is a USB stick.

“The device was hidden above a light switch in the bathroom next to offices that include Ralph Lauren and Haynes Roberts...” reported the New York Post. “The bathroom with the hidden device is open and accessible to all tenants and guests on the floor. It wasn’t clear whether the potty perv who put it there captured customers or models who do photo shoots nearby in RR Donnelley’s Studio W26. Investigators had yet to review the storage drive recovered with the camera.”...

Today’s story about the pinhole camera is part of what appears to be a trend. * NBC ran a story on March 27, 2014 about numerous reports of cameras being found in public bathrooms...

The NYPD indicates they are investigating the J&J camera as a sex crime and unlawful surveillance, with the added possibility of obscene material involving people under the age of 17.
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*More like pandemic based on news reports and sweep requests received here.
• That USB stick spycam... only $8.76 here.

SpyCam News - Internal Affairs Agent Overly Into His Job

CA - A camera found in the women's bathroom at the Border Patrol compound in San Ysidro has one agent in a lot of trouble. San Diego police told Team 10 that a ranking agent hid the camera and someone found it.

Officers confronted the agent at the Border Patrol administrative offices on West Ash Street in downtown San Diego.

Two separate Team 10 sources confirmed the agent works with internal affairs.
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Fargo - A homespun spycam story.

ND - Police from two separate cities are investigating KVLY-KXJB reporter Mellaney Moore after the station aired her hidden camera story about local school security.

Jerry Lundegaard, town car salesman, upon hearing the news.

According to Moore’s story, she entered three schools, one in West Fargo, one in Fargo and one in Moorhead, MN, to test school security. “She had a hidden camera and was not stopped by any school official.”

The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead reports police in Moorhead, MN, and West Fargo are now looking into whether she should face charges. “The concern we had was that they were specifically doing something that wasn’t lawful,” Moorhead police Lt. Tory Jacobson told The Forum. (more)

SpyCam Story #664 - This Month In SpyCam News

SpyCam stories have become commonplace and the techniques used, repetitive. We continue to keep lose track of the subject for statistical purposes, but won't bore you with too many details. Links supplied. 

"What's up Doc?"

VA - Foot doctor hides restroom spycam in box of latex gloves. Employee fingers it.
LA - Gynecologist documents work too well. 186 counts of video voyeurism.
NY - Urologist arrested for upskirting. 
CA - Plastic surgeon for celebrities with spycam in dressing room.

The Usual Suspects...
ID - Nature lover films women using campground shower. Admits to dozens of films.
ID - Cell phone + tissue box + employee restroom...
ID - Man has pleads guilty to video voyeurism.
CT - Cell phone + tissue box + bathroom... 
CT - Subway sandwich employee stuffs spycam into insulation under the bathroom sink.

KY - Man charged with placing spy cam in Wal-Mart men's room. Hold the KY jokes. 

CO - Man hiding in Yoga festival porta-potty tank pleads not guilty. Try insanity next time.

AR - Hidden camera in girl's bedroom. A dolt claims, "to see if she was having sex."
AR - Tanning bed spycam'er pleads guilty. 
FL - Man gets 10 years for spycam in bedrooms and evidence tampering.
LA - Ex-security guard - 42 counts of voyeurism. Hid spycams in restrooms at his building.
MI - Man jailed for taping sexual encounter between himself and three women.

UK - Landlord with clothes hook spycam hung by his own petard.
UK - Married vicar suspended after arrest on suspicion of voyeurism.

Canada - Swimming instructor puts spycam in staff-only locker room. 
Canada - Clothing store dressing room cam-man turns himself in. 
Canada - Another clothing store cam-man.
Austria - Artist installs one-way mirror in cafe. Peeks from mens restroom into ladies room. 

School Daze...
KY - A real McCoy caught upskirting at college.
NJ - Chief custodian at Catholic high school + 8 cameras - Arrested.
CT - Cell phone + college co-ed showers... What could possibly go wrong? 
IN - Janitor + spycam + locker room.
IN - Middle School science teacher + spycam + women's faculty restroom at the school. 
OH - Middle School teacher + spycam + 2 female teachers in teachers-only bathroom.
OH - High school coach + camera in Boy's Locker Room, pleads not guilty. 
CT - School psychologist + camera + house guest.

Darwin Awards...
AR - Wife finds video of underage girl on his/her computer. He filmed himself setting it up.
Canada - Likes to watch women sleep. Voyeurism no, B&E yes. Cell phone left behind.

UK - Male nurse arrested for spycaming at Stonyhurst College found hanged at home.

SpyCam Story #663 - This Month In SpyCam News

SpyCam stories have become commonplace and the techniques used, repetitive. We continue to keep lose track of the subject for statistical purposes, but won't bore you with too many details. Links supplied.

School Daze...

NJ - Locker room spycam defense?!?! - it never endangered the welfare of any child. 

VA - Registrar's Office spycam defense - hormone imbalance.

OH - School teacher charged - spycam'ing two female teachers in teachers-only bathroom.

WA - High School sleepover spycam'er pleads guilty.

CA - U of T - iPhone spotted in bathroom stall - man charged with voyeurism and mischief.

Charges Laid...

CT - Busted - bedroom spycam'er filmed four female partners.

CA - Dusted - House guest finds video camera recording in a powder room.

LA -  Trusted - Bedroom cam & bathroom cam transmitted wireless to recorder.

MT - Adjusted - Former jailer who spycam'ed a pool changing room charged with burglary.

UK - Lusted - Ex-council member charged - leisure centres, holiday camp and dance studio. 

Men at Work...
UK - Employee used a camera disguised as a pen to film female staff in the toilets.

WA - Playhouse dressing room spycam - closing argument - not for sexual gratification.

GA - Judge finds 'peeping preacher' guilty on 13 counts of video voyeurism.

FL - Mirror ripped from the fitting room wall reveals two hidden cameras, one still recording. 

ID - Man charged - iPhone, recording, hidden in a tissue box in the employee restroom. 

CA - Owner placed camera in his hardware store staff washroom.

CT - Subway employee placed under sink camera in unisex bathroom. 

LA - Gynecologist charged - secretly photographedthe genitals of his patients... 186 times

Only You Can Pervert...

FL - Park employee kept eye on bathroom with iPhone - victim chases, snags plate, nailed.

WA - Park employee arrested, accused of recording a teenage girl in a park restroom. 

Darwin Awards to...

CT - Man admits to 4 photos of woman in next shower... 2 turned out to be of his own hand.

UK - Man uses USB stick camera to film woman - proof - shot himself while setting it up.

IN - Man hides iPod in girlfriend's bathroom - proof - shot himself while hiding it.

UT - Wife finds upskirt pix on husband's cell - calls cops - proof - shot himself while filming.

OH - Spycam'er uses clock radio, camera hidden within - poof - shot himself... with a gun!

The Tanning Guys...

AR - 16-year-old boy was arrested - cam'ed a woman after she got out of a tanning bed. 

AR - Man charged - cam'ing girls using his tanning bed, then tampering with the evidence.

AR - Tanning salon manager booked on suspicion of voyeurism.

(Arkansas and tanning salon pervs. Weird.)

IN - Fox in henhouse - Stephan Fox pleaded guilty to taping women in tanning salon.

SpyCam Story #662 - This Week In SpyCam News

SpyCam stories have become commonplace and the techniques used, repetitive. We continue to keep lose track of the subject for statistical purposes, but won't bore you with too many details. Links supplied.

General

OH - Cop without pants arrested for unspecified voyeurism. Cover up.

NY - Apple store spycam'er gets exposure. Life 'intimates' art. 

OH - Mr. Nicely indited on video voyeurism charges. No relation to Mr. Rogers.

OH - Couple visits for weekend. Man spycam's host. Wife and host snatch cell.

Canada - Landlord spycam'ing renters.

UK - "recording another person doing a private act for the purpose of sexual gratification"

Hotels

FL - Man cams Hooters International Swimsuit contestants changing in hotel. Busted.

CA - Hotel worker resigns after admitting hiding a spycam in a public bathroom. Walks.

Showers & Changing Rooms

AR - Old Navy changing room spycam'er nailed at Starbucks. Police checking phone.

SC - KOA campground showers target of man with cell phone cam.

IN - Another guy with a cell phone in a dressing room.

LA - Pencam in women's showers at gym. Judge approves class action suit.

UK - Man found guilty of voyeurism in a swimming pool changing room.

Bathrooms

WA - Fish hatchery manager/bathroom spycam'er sentenced. Employees smelled something...

ID - Teen caught spycaming restroom uses skateboard as weapon when confronted. Dude? 

FL - Another guy hiding a cell phone in the bathroom.

UK - Man admits to putting cell phone in cafe's women's bathroom air freshener.

The Tanning Guys...

AR - New charges in the tanning man bedroom spycam case.

FL - Sets up tanning booth in his barn. Charges $2. Now headed to prison.

Off their meds...

RI - X-Ray tech sees license lifted for taking exam room video of 16-year old girl.

OH - Ultrasound tech convicted of spycam'ing females at workplace. Three charges dismissed.

Canada - Female nursing home employee skates on phone voyeurism. Not covert enough.

AR - Medical center cell phone spycam'er pleads guilty.
NV - Hospital worker get 1-year for filming co-workers in bathroom.

"Trusted Agents"

MS - Traveling preacher accused of videotaping women without them knowing visits court.

LA - Youth group sleepover spycam'er with 40 counts sought reduced bail. Denied.

Wales - Former scoutmaster, school custodian convicted for locker room spying.

ID - Ex-teacher jailed - Spycam'ed high school girls showering during FFA convention.

OH - Attorney school theater accused of voyeurism challenges search warrant.

Upskirters

WA - 14-year old girl stings bathroom phone spycam'er with her phone. He's washed up.

ID - Bottom-shelf shopper arrested for "upskirt" shooting in multiple stores. Think neckbolts.

WA - Two guys upskirting in stores nabbed.

SC - Police seek drug store upskirter suspect. See him on the store's surveillance video.

OH - Man wanted for upskirtering ten in Ohio found in Puerto Rico.

Explanation: Modern Day Peeping Toms: How Technology Encourages Voyeurism

Oh, did I mention our voyeurism detection services are being requested more and more often? 

Due diligence makes sense to businesses like: hotels, gyms, swimming pools, country clubs, educational institutions, clothing retailers, and all businesses offering private areas to their employees and guests.

Security Directors: FREE Security White Paper - "Surreptitious Workplace Recording ...and what you can do about it."   

We can not guarantee you will never be on the wrong end of a voyeurism law suit. However, we are sure our services will pay for themselves many times over when damages are assessed. These days, if you're in business, you must proactively protect your employees and the visiting public's privacy. ~Kevin

SpyCam Story #661 - This Week in SpyCam News

SpyCam stories have become commonplace and the techniques used, repetitive. We continue to keep lose track of the subject for statistical purposes, but won't bore you with too many details. Links supplied.
 

Australia - A Sydney bus driver has been jailed for filming up the skirts of schoolgirls.

CT - IT employee fired, his company iPhone found live-streaming video of bathroom.

UK - 14-year-old girl in the shower notices shave box with ‘suspicious looking hole’ in it.

UK - Man with spy pen strikes again, and again...

LA - Rambo slams man 12-years for recording video of nude women tanning.

UK - Camera found in the staff lavatories at day nursery. Employee arrested.

Canada - Man who used cellphone to peep has avoided jail.

UK - Triple karate world champion (and spycam'er) has sentence chopped.
WI - Bedroom C.B. DeMille gets 90-days in jail, on weekends.
CT - Man accused of hiding cameras in public men's rooms returning to court.
TN - Evangelist pleads guilty in Tennessee... Charges in Texas and Mississippi next.
WA - Second dressing room spycam case this year at Olympia Goodwill store.
FL - Motel restroom spycam'er re-arrested.
CT - Weird. Spycam'ed mother of girl he'd been convicted of spying on six years ago.
UK - Victim trying on bras captures her spycam'er for police.
Canada - Dumb man using smart phone.
WA - Steven Powell, father-in-law of missing Utah mom Susan Powell, sentenced.
IL - Government not libel for secret videotape of employee changing into uniform.