25 Victims of Peeping Tom File Lawsuit Against Sears

A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of 25 women seeking damages for crimes committed by a former maintenance man who allegedly taped them secretly using hidden video cameras in dressing rooms throughout the company’s store at the Valley Plaza mall in North Hollywood, according to CBS Los Angeles.

The plaintiffs in the lawsuit include employees and customers, according to the report.

Alejandro Gamiz, 27, was charged in May with 30 counts of peeping into a changing room with the intention of invading an individuals privacy and 30 counts of using a concealed video recording device inside a changing room.

If convicted, he faces up to six months in jail and up to a $1,000 fine for each count.

Gamiz was arrested in April and released on $20,000 bail. The case was originally presented to the District Attorney's Office, which declined to file felony charges and referred the matter to the City Attorney's Office.

According to city prosecutors, Gamiz used an array of cameras that were linked to laptop computers. The cameras were triggered by motion sensors, and Gamiz would allegedly download the videos during his after-store-hours shift.

Investigators believe the cameras were in operation for at least three years, and officials were still going through Gamiz's computers to see if there were more victims, according to the City Attorney's Office.