Ex-Engineer Guilty In Child-Porn Case
SEATTLE - A former Microsoft engineer has been found guilty of using his company computer to access and copy photographs of young children in sexually explicit poses.
Michael Seaman, 37, of Kirkland, could receive up to one year in jail for the conviction for possession of child pornography when he is sentenced Jan. 24.
King County Superior Court Judge Michael Spearman concluded this week there was sufficient evidence Seaman used his Microsoft computer to collect more than 2,500 files of photographs of children in sexual poses or being sexually abused.
Seaman and another former Microsoft engineer, Ronald Rosul, 31, of Seattle, were accused of using the Redmond-based company's computers to access and copy child pornography from the Internet. Both men were fired after Microsoft discovered the alleged crimes in October 1995.
Rosul also is charged with possession of child pornography. He is alleged to have used Microsoft equipment to manufacture a CD-ROM disk containing child pornography. His trial is scheduled for Jan.
23.