Former Expedia employee Marcelo Vargas-Fernandez was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to 14 felony counts of voyeurism and two misdemeanor counts for violating a sexual assault protection order.
The case stems from hidden cameras placed in company bathrooms at Expedia’s Seattle campus. In December 2023, an employee reported finding what appeared to be a hidden camera under a sink, but campus security initially mistook it for a music player or battery backup and did not remove it, according to FOX 13 Seattle.
Vargas-Fernandez was arrested Feb. 1, 2024, after a coworker discovered the camera, which was later correctly identified by investigators. A search of his Lynnwood apartment uncovered 33 spy cameras in various forms of concealment, along with 22 SD cards and six hard drives containing at least 20 terabytes of data, according to court documents cited by KOMO News…