Link: BBC NEWS | UK | Heir 'hired firm to spy on wife'.
...She told the court that Mr Mellon, a multi-millionaire from Belgravia, central London, used the services of AIS to snoop on his wife Tamara during divorce proceedings because he wanted to find out information he could not get through the courts.
"But it was not by tapping into her telephone, it was by hacking or trying to hack into her emails to see what was going on," she said.
The jury of five woman and seven men were told that AIS, at the request of Mr Mellon, used a "Trojan" computer virus allegedly created by American-based IT specialist Marc Caron.
One of the viruses, which are hidden inside emails and attack a computer when opened, was sent to Mrs Mellon, jurors heard.
Mrs Mellon opened it because it "purported to show what her husband was up to", said Ms Moore.
The Trojan then recorded "every keystroke that was made", she said, including such things as bank account numbers and passwords.
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In the dock with Mr Mellon are ex-policemen Scott Gelsthorpe, 32, from Kettering, Northamptonshire, who helped run AIS and David Carroll, 58, of Highgate, north London, who also played a role in AIS.
Mr Carroll's computer-expert son Daniel Carroll, 36, from Westminster, London, who ran his own company above the agency's premises and Maurice Kennedy, 58, of Barnet, north London, another customer accused of using the agency's alleged illegal services, are also on trial.
They variously deny 15 counts of conspiracy alleging fraud, the unauthorised modification of computer material, the unlawful interception of computer material, and criminal damage.
Prosecutors said 30 people were arrested in connection with the police investigation into the activities of AIS....
