News tagged with jail sentence

Armenia jails Russian computer virus 'mastermind'

A court in Armenia on Tuesday gave a four-year jail sentence to the alleged Russian mastermind behind a computer virus crime group which infected some 30 million computers worldwide.

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created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

China censors squelch web searches in activist case

Chinese censors Monday blocked web searches of a host of terms related to blind activist Chen Guangcheng, from his name to "Shawshank Redemption", the prison-break film being compared to his case.

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created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ohio man given choice of Facebook apology or jail

(AP) -- A man who was threatened with jail time for posting comments about his estranged wife on his personal Facebook page unless he posted daily apologies for a month says the court ruling violates his ...

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created Feb 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 8

S. Korea acquits blogger of spreading false info

(AP) -- A popular South Korean blogger, who was initially touted as an economic prophet for his dire predictions on the global economy, was cleared Monday of spreading false information in a closely watched ...

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created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0