A former Colorado budget analyst for the Department of Education was recently found guilty of 17 counts of sexual assault, sexual gratification, and stalking. The man was arrested at the beginning of October after the authorities discovered that he was taking upskirt victims of his female co-workers.
Colorado Budget Analyst Stored Compromising Photos on External Hard Drive
On Tuesday, the magistrates found 43-year-old Thanh Ta, a budget analyst at the Department of Education, guilty of 17 out of the 19 counts related to sexual assault. Ta is scheduled to return to court in June to hear his sentence.
According to court documents, the man’s disturbing past time activity was discovered in October when he linked his personal external hard drive to one of the Department’s computers. Following the discovery of the photographs, a Department worker notified the authorities who, in turn, took Ta into custody.
A search of Ta’s external hard drive and personal computer revealed that the man had taken about 250,000 ‘upskirt’ photos of various women. More than that, it would appear that all photos were taken between 2011 and 2017, according to their timestamps.
Even more disturbing is the fact that the man kept separate folders for co-workers and other victims. Investigators discovered 26 folders on Ta’s hard drive, each of them labeled with his female co-worker’s names, and containing anywhere between a hundred and several thousand compromising photos.
Conclusion
The prosecution noted that the former Colorado budget analyst had a favorite spot for taking the pictures, pointing towards a small coffee shop near the Mall located on the 16th Street.
Although Ta was found guilty on 17 out of 19 counts, the man is believed to have been violated the privacy of approximately 135 women since beginning his hobby.
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