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    Unhappy What Can You Do if a Co-Worker Shares Your Income Information

    My question involves defamation in the state of: Florida

    My co-worker (now ex co-worker) was a financial manager in this small company. (She was not my supervisor and was seen equal to my position in this company. She was put on probation for an unrelated topic and decided to act vengeful. I just found out today that when she was employed at this company (she quit recently), she ended up taking my child support information to find the name of my ex-girlfriend. Found it was an agreement of a set rate and not a % of my income paid to her. Being upset due to being put on probation, she made a fake Facebook account and told my ex that she can't stand me and I'm making much more money than I am paying via rate and she should take me for more child support.

    I informed my boss and the ex co-worker didn't clear her internet history on her work computer and it shows she was the one who searched my ex-girlfriend and the faux Facebook account.

    What steps could I take? I'm planning on getting an attorney and want to know if she can get in trouble with the police. I also worry she took other personal information like SSNs, wage information, etc. I don't want to be a victim of identity theft as well.

    Thank you for your help.

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    Default Re: What Can I Do when Ex-Employee Steals Child Support Information and Tells Ex

    I’m not seeing anything that indicates she committed a crime in this. But feel free to make a complaint with the police about it. It is up to the police and prosecutor to sort out if she comitted a crime and whether to go after her for it.

    Nor is it clear that you would have any good claim for defamation. Defamation claims compensate you for damage to you reputation. Telling your ex that you make more money than you do would be a false statement of fact, certainly, but claiming you make more money doesn’t tarnish your reputation. Moreover, unless you suffered some kind of actual financial loss because of it there would be nothing to gain in a defamation lawsuit.

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