A massive international hacking and telecommunications fraud scheme served as a backdrop for an FBI investigation that led to the capture of a Pakistani citizen who played a major role in scamming U.S. companies out of millions of dollars in fees. From November 2008 to December 2012, Muhammad Sohail Qasmani laundered more than $19.6 million…
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‘Crackas’ Hacker Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison
AP reports: A North Carolina man has been sentenced to two years in prison in connection with a series of computer hacks that targeted former CIA Director John Brennan and other government officials. Twenty-three-year-old Andrew Otto Boggs of North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, known online as “INCURSIO,” pleaded guilty earlier this year to unauthorized computer access…
West African computer hacker sentenced to prison
WXIA reports: Eric Donys Simeu, a citizen of Cameroon extradited from France, has been sentenced in Atlanta to more than four years in federal prison for a series of “phishing campaigns.” According to the Atlanta U.S. attorney’s office, Simeu, who also went by the name of Martell Collins, was responsible for a series of “phishing…
Former Tufts Health Plan employee sentenced for stealing patient info
There’s an update to a case previously noted on this site. Scott J. Croteau reports: A former Tufts Health Plan employee was sentenced in federal court after she stole the personal information of more than 8,700 customers and gave them to her brother and another man involved in a Social Security and tax refund scheme….
Three Family Members in North Suburban Chiropractic Group Sentenced to Federal Prison in $10.8 Million Fraud Scheme
Sometimes patients are willing victims of misuse of their records. We generally don’t see the government prosecuting patients for participating in fraud schemes like the one described below by DOJ, but I almost wish that they occasionally would prosecute participating patients. Then, too, do these patients get counted as “medical identity theft” victims in the…
Longest sentence ever handed out for hacking: Roman Seleznev Sentenced to 27 Years
There was big news in the world of hacking prosecutions yesterday. The DOJ announced that Roman Seleznev was sentenced to 27 years in prison for computer hacking crimes that reportedly caused more than $169 million in damage to small businesses and financial institutions. Prosecutors had sought a 30-year sentence to send a strong message, and the sentence appears…