Credit card hacker sentenced to 10 years in prison
Rogelio Hackett, who stole more than half a million credit card numbers used to rack up nearly $40 million in illicit debt, was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison and fined $100,000.
Rogelio Hackett, who stole more than half a million credit card numbers used to rack up nearly $40 million in illicit debt, was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison and fined $100,000.
Internet
Jul 23, 2011
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A company that emerged from pioneering research in the Cambridge University Engineering Department is leading the field in the development of software based on predictive behavioural modelling for use in the gaming and financial ...
Software
Jul 13, 2011
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A New York electronic artist who took pictures of shoppers using computers in Apple stores as part of a project has drawn the attention of the US Secret Service.
Software
Jul 8, 2011
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The number of arrests linked to online fraud in South Korea, one of the world's most wired countries, increased by more than 50 percent in the past two years, police warned Wednesday.
Internet
Jul 6, 2011
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Police have arrested 36 people in southeast China following an investigation into fraud on e-commerce site Alibaba.com and other websites that duped buyers out of more than $6 million.
Internet
Jul 2, 2011
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One of the largest online poker rooms, Full Tilt Poker, was ordered Wednesday to immediately halt operations by authorities on the Channel Island of Alderney, where it is registered, the regulator said.
Internet
Jun 29, 2011
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Two Latvians have been indicted and dozens of computers and servers seized in the United States and Europe in a crackdown on international cybercrime, the US Justice Department said Wednesday.
Internet
Jun 23, 2011
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Sporting a mohican haircut and a protest T-shirt, Japan's maverick Internet tycoon Takafumi Horie on Monday started a two-and-a-half-year prison sentence for accounting fraud.
Business
Jun 20, 2011
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Top-level police officials across Asia had been in contact for months as they prepared a sweeping crackdown on fraud rings in half a dozen countries. Last week, they finally struck.
Internet
Jun 15, 2011
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Facebook on Thursday dismissed as a "brazen and outrageous fraud" a lawsuit filed by a New York man who claims he is entitled to at least 50 percent of the wildly successful social network.
Internet
May 27, 2011
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