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Even during tight budgetary times, a growing handful of state governors are proving too wary to accept laptop computers that have shown up at their offices this month, unsolicited. Officials in West Virginia, Vermont, Wyoming and Washington state have reported receiving between three and five laptops, each over the course of two separate deliveries — but none had ordered any of them. “They immediately raised a red flag,” said Matt Turner, spokesman for West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin. “No one said, ‘Hey, we got a free gift.’” The laptops were made by Hewlett-Packard or come from its Compaq brand. The world’s leading PC maker intercepted a shipment to at least one other state, according to a bulletin issued by the National Governors Association in response to the suspicious deliveries. “HP is aware that fraudulent state government orders recently have been placed for small amounts of HP equipment. HP took prompt corrective action to address the fraudulent orders and is working with law enforcement personnel on a criminal investigation,” the Palo Alto, Calif.-based company said in a statement, declining further comment. Hewlett-Packard has contracts to provide computer equipment to Vermont, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming. The National Governors Association warning also said Vermont’s laptops were paid for with a credit card issued in the name of Gov. Jim Douglas — but that was not one actually held by Douglas or issued by that state. Officials in Washington and Wyoming said those computers had been purchased with credit cards whose account numbers did not match any held by those states. West Virginia State Police Sgt. Mike T. Baylous declined to comment on how the laptops shipped there may have been paid for. “The State Police and the FBI are working jointly to get to the bottom of why these computers were sent to West Virginia,” Baylous said Thursday. Agent Jay Bartholomew,…
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