Landis linked to hack case in France
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November 4, 2010, Thursday
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AMERICAN cyclist Floyd Landis and his coach Arnie Baker will stand trial in a hacking case that targeted a French doping lab, judicial officials said on Tuesday.
The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity because the proceedings are supposed to remain secret.
The officials said Judge Thomas Cassuto, who sits in Nanterre, just west of Paris, made the decision on October 15. No trial date has been set.
The case is part of a sweeping investigation into computer hacking, triggered by a complaint filed by the Chatenay-Malabry lab denouncing intrusions into their computer system. Police investigating the lab's complaint found a common link to another hacking case, a consulting firm allegedly involved in a bid by the French electricity company EDF to spy on Greenpeace France.
The prosecutor's office had argued against sending Landis to trial, contending the inquiry failed to show he participated in the hacking or knowingly received internal lab documents that had been obtained fraudulently. But the judge, who has the final say, disagreed.
'Ridiculous'
Landis' team manager said it was "ridiculous" that the cyclist would be tried.
Landis is riding for the Orca Velo Merino team in the six-day Tour of Southland in New Zealand.
Team manager Wayne Hudson yesterday dismissed as "old news" reports that Landis and coach Arnie Baker might be tried in France for hacking the computer system of the Chatenay-Malabry lab, saying the American cyclist was "not losing any sleep" over it.
Landis was not available for comment after riding in the fourth and fifth stages of the nine-stage tour yesterday. He is fourth overall in the tour, which concludes on Saturday.
Hudson said the warrant against Landis and Baker was issued more than 18 months ago and came up this week for reconsideration.
"If nothing was done, (the warrant) would have lapsed. The question was whether the warrant should stay open or not," Hudson said.
"But the warrant was never served on Floyd. So the suggestion he will stand trial in France is a ridiculous statement because they still have to serve him."
The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity because the proceedings are supposed to remain secret.
The officials said Judge Thomas Cassuto, who sits in Nanterre, just west of Paris, made the decision on October 15. No trial date has been set.
The case is part of a sweeping investigation into computer hacking, triggered by a complaint filed by the Chatenay-Malabry lab denouncing intrusions into their computer system. Police investigating the lab's complaint found a common link to another hacking case, a consulting firm allegedly involved in a bid by the French electricity company EDF to spy on Greenpeace France.
The prosecutor's office had argued against sending Landis to trial, contending the inquiry failed to show he participated in the hacking or knowingly received internal lab documents that had been obtained fraudulently. But the judge, who has the final say, disagreed.
'Ridiculous'
Landis' team manager said it was "ridiculous" that the cyclist would be tried.
Landis is riding for the Orca Velo Merino team in the six-day Tour of Southland in New Zealand.
Team manager Wayne Hudson yesterday dismissed as "old news" reports that Landis and coach Arnie Baker might be tried in France for hacking the computer system of the Chatenay-Malabry lab, saying the American cyclist was "not losing any sleep" over it.
Landis was not available for comment after riding in the fourth and fifth stages of the nine-stage tour yesterday. He is fourth overall in the tour, which concludes on Saturday.
Hudson said the warrant against Landis and Baker was issued more than 18 months ago and came up this week for reconsideration.
"If nothing was done, (the warrant) would have lapsed. The question was whether the warrant should stay open or not," Hudson said.
"But the warrant was never served on Floyd. So the suggestion he will stand trial in France is a ridiculous statement because they still have to serve him."
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