Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section

Latest News

• Digital Currency Business E-gold Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering and Illegal Money Transmitting Charges (July 21, 2008)
• Brooklyn Man Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison in Massive AOL Spam Scheme (July 15, 2008)
• Largo Man Sentenced for Stealing Consumer Information (July 10, 2008)
• Former City of Newark Technology Contractor Admits Defrauding Cisco Systems of Millions of Dollars (July 2, 2008)
• Four Defendants Sentenced on Aggravated Identity Theft and Computer Fraud Charges (June 30, 2008)
• Individuals Named in Swatting Conspiracy Charged with Obstruction of Justice (June 27, 2008)
• Wyoming Man Charged with Infecting Thousands of Computers with ‘Trojan’ that He Used to Commit Fraud (June 27, 2008)
• Former Employee Indicted for Intentional Damage to Webhosting Data (June 26, 2008)
• Illinois Woman Pleads Guilty to Manufacturing Fake IDs (June 25, 2008)
• Houston Resident Indicted on Computer Hacking Charge (June 24, 2008)
• Man Arrested for Stealing Identities from Internet Gambling Site for Large Identity Theft Ring (June 23, 2008)
• Romanian National Returned to U.S. to Face Charges (June 13, 2008)
• New York Woman Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison for Internet Fraud Scheme (June 12, 2008)
• International Computer "Hacker" Sentenced to More Than Three Years in Federal Prison (June 11, 2008)
• Computer Hacker Pleads Guilty and Agrees to Two Years in Federal Prison (June 10, 2008)
• Ohio Resident Sentenced to 33 Months in Prison and Ordered to Pay Almost $2 Million in Restitution to Cisco Systems, Inc (June 10, 2008)
• California Man Sentenced to Over 5 Years' Imprisonment for Computer Hacking Conviction (June 9, 2008)
• Three Individuals Indicted by Federal Grand Jury with Conspiracy to Exceed Authorized Access of a Government Computer (June 5, 2008)
• Indictment in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Charges of Conspiracy, Wire Fraud, Mail Fraud, Money Laundering, Access Device Fraud, Aggravated Identity Theft, Bank Fraud, Computer Fraud, and Obstruction of Justice (June 3, 2008)
• Tucson Man Sentenced to over 5 Years in Prison for Aggravated Identity Theft (June 3, 2008)
• Plumas Lake Man Charged with Computer Fraud: Internet Scheme Used to Steal Micro-Deposits (May 28, 2008)
• Man Pleads Guilty in Blast Fax Fraud Case (May 22, 2008)
• 38 Individuals in U.S. and Romania Charged in Two Related Cases of Computer Fraud involving International Organized Crime: International Law Enforcement Cooperation Leads to Disruption of Organized Crime Ring Operating in U.S. and Romania (May 19, 2008)
• Missouri Woman Indicted on Charges of Using Myspace to ‘Cyber-Bully’ 13-year-old Who Later Committed Suicide (May 15, 2008)
• Ringleaders in "Swatting/Spoofing" Conspiracy Sentenced (May 15, 2008)
• Hackers Indicted for Stealing Credit and Debit Card Numbers from National Restaurant Chain (May 12, 2008)
• KC Man Indicted for Cyberstalking (May 9, 2008)
• Military Computer Contractor Pleads to Unauthorized Access to Military Database and Id Theft (May 2, 2008)