Customers Handed Over Their DNA. The Company Let the FBI Take a Look.

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Customers Handed Over Their DNA. The Company Let the FBI Take a Look.
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“We were talking about horrendous crimes. So I made the decision.” How one DNA test company decided to work with the FBI—and not tell its 1.5 million customers.

The trouble started when the Federal Bureau of Investigation attorney made a personal appeal to Bennett Greenspan.

Mr. Greenspan, president of FamilyTreeDNA, was used to fielding requests from genealogists, customers, even friends of friends, seeking help with DNA testing. The FBI’s Steve Kramer wasn’t among them.

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