
Dunn's move followed the publication on Cnet in January 2006 of HP's long term strategy.
Private investigators obtained the phone records of several journalists and members of HP's board using a technique known as 'pretexting'.
This involved deceiving phone companies into thinking that the request was coming from the bill payer, a clear violation of the 1996 Telecommunications Act.
Patricia Dunn and HP general legal counsel Ann Baskins lost their jobs over the affair. Gaskins invoked the Fifth Amendment when a case pursued by the Federal Trade Commission was brought to court.
The latest court judgment states that Joseph and Matthew DePantes, of Action Research Group, are to pay US$67,000.
Bryan Wagner was ordered to pay US$428,000, and Cassandra Selvage, of Eye in the Sky Investigations, was ordered to pay US$110,000.