Expert: Dan Pepper - 11/30/2008

Question
my now ex boyfriend wrote his passwords down on a piece of paper and previously gave me access to these accounts verbally...after we broke up i got upset that i was cheated on by match.com facebook.com myspace.com and emails were sent to 2 accounts which all had the same password aol and bellsouth...he is now claiming to press charges since i redirected his accounts to a different email changed his facebook myspace and match i deleted emails....hes trying to tell me now that they were business related email accounts and that i wrote emails from them (which never happened) i live in the state of florida and i gave him access to them back i was wondering the process of which it will take for him to do anything...how long it will take...and exactly what kind of charges im looking at....hes saying identity theft 3 felony counts etc.  basically im worndering how they deal with this because arnt there more things important the fbi needs to deal with then a boyfriend leaving his password out in clear view and i used it...hes saying i hacked it...but i dont know how to hack anything but a piece of wood!

how much trouble am i facing? and this is childish hes making things up now of what i had done...saying i wrote to business partners and things when i never did...i also had wrote to a woman who had visited us and committed adultery...and wrote to her husband....now shes in trouble (which is all true) and wanted to inform this man of what happened because of being exposed to possible stds and if she brought an std home anything of this nature...  

Answer
Most law enforcement will not consider prosecuting based on simple allegations alone - there would need to be some physical evidence of wrongdoing.

You can view the applicable Florida law on computer crime here:  http://www.flsenate.gov/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=Ch0815/c...  Since I cannot provide legal advice on these boards, I cannot advise whether you would be personally subject to these.