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Crime
Man jailed for selling pirated software on eBay, Ordered to repay Adobe $743,000
A US court has sentenced a man to three years in jail for selling more than $1m worth of pirated software on eBay.
Judge Richard Roberts also ordered Gregory Fair, 46, of Falls Church, Virginia, to pay software firm Adobe Systems $743,000 in restitution, according to the Washington Post.
Fair pleaded guilty in April to charges of criminal copyright infringement and mail fraud for selling pirated copies of Adobe software between 2001 and 2007.
Phone Freak: He was a 14-year-old blind kid, angry and alone
It began, as it always did, with a phone call to 911. "Now listen here," the caller demanded, his voice frantic. "I've got two people here held hostage, all right? Now, you know what happens to people that are held hostage? It's not like on the movies or nothing, you understand that?"
"OK," the 911 operator said.
"One of them here's name is Danielle, and her father," the caller continued. "And the reason why I'm doing this is because her father raped my sister."
Game Over: College Student Charged With Hacking Video Game Consoles, Could Do 10 Years In Prison
Federal agents arrested a Cal State Fullerton student today [MON] on charges that he modified home video game consoles to play counterfeit games.
Pirated game discs for the Xbox, Wii, or Playstation game consoles can cost as little as 10 dollars. That’s fifty bucks cheaper than legit discs. But manufacturers program game consoles to reject counterfeit games. Federal prosecutor Mark Krause says that’s why a lot of people called on 27-year-old Matthew Krippen of Anaheim. scpr.org — READ FULL ARTICLE
Website publishes sensitive hacked Twitter info
Technology news website TechCrunch published on Wednesday sensitive internal documents belonging to Twitter, including financial projections, offering a rare glimpse into the wildly popular microblogging site.
Twitter has a targeted revenue run rate of $140 million by the end of 2010, with the expectation it would record its first revenue -- a modest $400,000 -- in the third quarter of this year, according to a document Techcrunch published that it said was sent by a hacker.
Software developer charged with stealing trading software
A software designer for a top investment bank has been charged with stealing proprietary automated-trading software before leaving to work for a rival company.
Woman Shot at Apple Store in Arlington Virginia
An employee of an Apple store in Arlington was shot and wounded this morning during an attempted armed robbery in a back storeroom as more than three-dozen shoppers and other employees milled about the showroom. READ FULL ARTICLE
Reviled Myspace Mother: Judge Throws Out Conviction in Cyberbullying Case
U.S. judge on Friday overruled a jury verdict and dismissed a case against a Missouri woman convicted last November in a cyberbullying case that led to a teenager's death, according to published reports. READ FULL ARTICLE
Game Over: U.S. Postal employee Steals over 2000 GameFly Rentals
A former Postal Service mail handler admitted in federal district court yesterday that he stole 2,200 video games contained in envelopes addressed to Philadelphia-area residents.
Reginald Johnson, 34, of Germantown, faces from 12 to 18 months in prison under preliminary advisory sentencing guidelines. U.S. District Judge Berle M. Schiller set sentencing for Jan. 13.
Authorities said Johnson was a mail-processing clerk who unloaded mail from tractor-trailers docked at the processing and distribution center in Philadelphia.
Craigslist Still Fertile Grounds for Criminals
Philadelphia Police arrested two teens in connection to a rash of robberies involving the popular classified Web site Craigslist.
Theodore Graham and Anthony Owens, both 16, are facing numerous charges following three armed robberies.
According to investigators, Graham and Owners allegedly lured three separate individuals to locations in Philadelphia under the premise that the victims would be purchasing items like computers and televisions. cbs3.com — READ FULL ARTICLE
Postal worker admits stealing over 3000 Netflix DVDs
A postal worker who stole more than 3000 DVDs mailed by Netflix to its customers pleaded guilty yesterday to federal theft charges. Myles Weathers, who worked at a mail processing and distribution center in Springfield, Massachusetts, was nabbed last year for the video heist after Netflix officials became suspicious about the frequency with which DVDs were being pinched. Weathers, 49, was subsequently arrested after surveillance footage showed him removing DVDs from Netflix envelopes and placing the discs into his backpack. The below criminal information filed yesterday in U.S.
