Memphis Police officer Sean Fritz, 36, was charged with two counts of computer fraud and one count of making false statements to a federal agency after he allegedly accessed the FBI’s National Crime Information Center’s (NCIC) database for non-law enforcement purposes.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Fritz used the database to help a confidential informant for illegal purposes. But Fritz denied accessing the NCIC database for illegal purposes when he was interviewed by the FBI. He was arrested on Tuesday (January 10th), and he faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each count of computer fraud and making false statements.
“As the indictment alleges, Officer Fritz abused his position of trust as a law enforcement officer by
violating the very laws he swore to uphold and defend as a Memphis Police Department officer,” stated
United States Attorney Edward L. Stanton, III in a press release on Wednesday.
