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OGDEN — After an Autoliv employee was fired last summer, police say he regained access to the company's payroll database and erased data for over 200 employees.
Justin James Garcia, 22, of Ogden, was charged Monday in 2nd District Court with computer crime, a second-degree felony.
Investigators say Garcia was fired from Autoliv, the global automotive supplier, for "timecard fraud" on Aug. 17, 2023. A day later, an Autoliv manager discovered the data of more than 200 employees, including Garcia, had been erased, with two months of information "completely lost," according to charging documents.
Despite being denied access to the company's payroll database, Ogden police say Garcia was able to find a way to delete those records. Police were contacted Aug. 19 to begin an investigation.
The "economic cost to Autoliv exceeded $12,000," the charges state.
Garcia is scheduled to appear in court in June.
