Category Archive for : ‘BUSINESSMAN’

Amos Tamam, a 46 year old wealthy businessman behind the technology that put credit-card machines in taxis, is a closet child molester who bribed and bullied his stepdaughter into keeping quiet for a decade.  Tamam, president and CEO of VeriFone Transportation Systems, is accused of abusing his stepdaughter from 1995 until December 2006.  A lawsuit filed in March by the stepdaughter’s attorneys seeks unspecified damages from Tamam for sexual assault, battery and unlawful imprisonment.

(New York)

James Andrew Smith, a businessman and former pastor, was charged with possessing child pornography after a photo of a nude boy appeared during a computer slide presentation he gave at work.  Employees at Exel Inc. told police when Smith finished a computer slide show on September 4, he tried to open another document on his laptop.  The image of the young, nude boy appeared on screen.

(Fort Worth, Texas)