Indictment: Pinellas Pair Sold Fake Microchips to Military

Microchip
TAMPA (2010-9-16) -

Two people who ran an electronics company in Pinellas County have been arrested and charged with selling 60,000 fake microchips to the military. Prosecutors say the fraud threatened national security.

Bill Levesque was one of the reporters who worked on this story for the St. Petersburg Times and he tells us about the case.


Click here to read the story about the indictment in the St. Petersburg Times.

Click here for the Times story about Shannon Wren's background as a drag racer.

FacebookYouTubeLinkedInFlickrTwitter
4202 East Fowler Avenue, TVB100, Tampa, FL 33620-6902 • © 2009 WUSF. All rights reserved.

Geo Visitors Map