AP reports: A Texas man has been sentenced to two years in prison for theft and for stealing the identities of patients at an Arkansas hospital where he was an orderly. Federal court records show 28-year-old Sir John Ashley Holliday of Dallas was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Little Rock after pleading guilty in May…
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UK: Five men sentenced over insider breach helping corporate rival
From Thames Valley Police: Five men have been sentenced today (30/9) following an investigation by Thames Valley Police and the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU). The men were originally arrested by Thames Valley Police in March last year, in an operation with the support of SEROCU. The investigation was then passed onto SEROCU’s…
UK Man Involved in 2012 Yahoo Hack Sentenced to Prison
Eduard Kovacs reports: The U.K. National Crime Agency (NCA) announced last week that one of the members of an international cybercrime group has been given a two-year jail sentence. The individual, 23-year-old Nazariy Markuta from London, is believed to be a member of a hacker collective known as “D33Ds Company.” In 2012, the group leaked more than…
Romanian National Sentenced To Three Years In Prison For Role In Computer Hacking Scheme
Mircea-Ilie Ispasoiu first came to this site’s attention in 2010, but he really made headlines when he was extradited to New Jersey in March, 2015 on a slew of hacking-related charges. As alleged in the DOJ’s statement at the time: From August 2011 through February 2014, Ispasoiu was employed as computer systems administrator at a large financial institution in…
Kosovo Hacker Who Aided Islamic State to Be Sentenced in US to 20 Years (Updated)
Update: Ferizi has been sentenced to 20 years, Reuter reports. I’ll upload DOJ’s press release when it’s available. Original report: AP reports that Ardit Ferizi, also known as “Th3Dir3ctorY,” is scheduled to be sentenced today. Ferizi had pleaded guilty in June to assisting the Islamic State, and is the first person convicted of both hacking and terrorism charges. Ferizi hacked…
Texas Doctor Resentenced to Prison Following Appeal
TYLER, Texas – A 65-year-old Dallas County, Texas, physician, has been resentenced to federal prison for health care fraud and identity theft violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales. In July 2014, Tariq Mahmood, of Cedar Hill, Texas, was found guilty by a jury of conspiracy to commit health…