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DENVER—Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to force a woman to give them her computer password as part of an investigation in a bank fraud case.
Ramona Fricosu and Scott Whatcott were indicted in 2010 on charges of bank fraud after prosecutors alleged they ran a mortgage scam in the Colorado Springs area for people facing foreclosure.
Prosecutors say allowing criminal defendants to beat search warrants by encrypting their computers would make it impossible to obtain evidence.
According to the Denver Post ( ), civil-liberties groups across the country are opposing the government. They’re calling it a test of rights against self-incrimination in a digital world.
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Information from: The Denver Post,
