A man charged with helping a Zumba instructor develop an uncharacteristically profitable Zumba operation is accused of deleting emails from his computer that may have amounted to damning evidence. [Associated Press]

  • Boundegar

    I don’t think it’s possible to delete emails.

  • http://imcravingpresidency.tumblr.com/ SedanChair

    Shouldn’t deleting your email be protected under the 5th amendment?

    • Antinous / Moderator

      You know that electronic communications don’t count since they didn’t exist when that was written.

      • http://imcravingpresidency.tumblr.com/ SedanChair

        Ah, just like assault rifles didn’t exist when they wrote the 2nd amendment. I get it!

  • EH

    He just needs to say it was due to a computer virus. Presto change-o, instantly legal!

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Bloch

  • http://twitter.com/millenniumHandS Bex W

    deleting emails is a crime now, I’m confused. 

    • retchdog

      It’s a terrible summary by boingboing. He’s `accused’ of it in the informal sense, i.e. the prosecution and police are making a stink about it in the media to explain their complete lack of evidence and/or to slander the defendant. They are not claiming it is a crime. The actual charge is “promoting prostitution.”

  • abstract_reg

    Wait, having sex with a woman who happens to be your expensive Zumba instructor is illegal now?

  • Tribune

    So we found a criminal smart enough to delete incriminating emails… Has he considered running for office?

  • Mike McDermott

    Coincidentally, The defendants hard drive was the piece of evidence that may have been mis-handled: http://www.pressherald.com/news/Defense-attorneys-seek-dismissal-of-all-charges-in-Zumba-case.html
    I wonder who has the movie rights for this case – it has everything…