![]() ViSalus executives did not return messages seeking comment. ![]() That its competitor had not provided enough evidence to back its claims it later When Ocean Avenue learned of the spying, it filed a federal lawsuit against ViSalus in UtahĮxtortion, intimidation and hacking. Starting around February 2013, the Indian hacker – a young computer security expert named Sumit Gupta – broke into the email accounts of Ocean Avenue executives, sending screenshots and passwords back to his ViSalus handlers on the West Coast. He went to work for Blair’s company, diet shake distributor ViSalus, as it filed a series of lawsuits against sellers who had jumped ship to go with a competitor named Ocean Avenue. Moser, who confirmed Pacileo’s account, got the job and a $10,000 per month “I didn’t know you could do that type of stuff.” “My ears perked up,” Pacileo told Reuters recently. One particular service stood out: Moser said he knew an Indian hacker who could break into emails. Moser showed Pacileo several gadgets, including Israeli-made listening devices that could be hidden in ceilings or behind television sets. ![]() Nathan Moser, a former North Carolina sheriff’s deputy, arrived days later at Pacileo’s Hollywood apartment with a duffel bag full of surveillance equipment. So he turned to a Silicon Valley detective he knew from his days in Afghanistan with the U.S. His boss, a direct sales entrepreneur named Ryan Blair, wanted compromising material against a business rival amid a flurry of lawsuits, Pacileo said. Bodyguard Carlo Pacileo was under mounting pressure.
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