URBANA — A former Carle Clinic employee who admitted he had child pornography on computers at work and home in 2009 faces at least five and as many as 50 years in prison when he is sentenced in the spring. read more View full post on computer virus prison –…
U.S. Charges Latvian Hacker in $2 Million Stock Scam
The SEC accuses a Latvian man of online stock fraud and manipulation that cost investors more than $2 million. View full post on federal hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
U.S. charges Russian father and son with cyber fraud (Reuters)
Reuters – U.S. authorities on Tuesday unsealed criminal charges accusing a father and son team, both Russian citizens, of hacking into U.S. bank accounts and illegally snatching credit card numbers and stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars. View full post on Yahoo! News: Security News View full post on National…
Woman acquitted of eavesdropping charges for recording cops sues city
By Michael Lansu Chicago Sun-Times A woman found not guilty of secretly recording Chicago Police officers who allegedly tried to discourage her from filing a complaint against an officer who groped her filed a federal lawsuit Friday against the city and the officers. Tiawanda Moore, 21, claims Chicago Police responded…
Bend Man Arrested on 120 ID Theft Charges
A 29-year-old Bend man arrested on Halloween on charges of using a stolen credit card at a gas station was arrested again this week for the same thing but this time, on 120 charges involving at least a dozen cases in Bend and Redmond, officers said Friday. View full post…
SEC charges Illinois man in social-media scam
A Lyons, Ill., man tried to sell more than $500 billion in bogus securities through various social media sites, including LinkedIn, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged Wednesday. View full post on social media scam – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Flash Player SMS scam charges victims for free Adobe software
BitDefender has uncovered a creative scheme that charges people via SMS for what should be a free copy of Adobe Systems’ Flash player, which is apparently undergoing a test run on a Russian social network. The scam was uncovered after one of security vendor BitDefender’s customers found a suspicious link…
Muscatine woman facing fraud and ID theft charges
MUSCATINE, Iowa — A Muscatine woman faces several charges, including credit card fraud and identity theft, both class D felonies. View full post on id theft prison – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Man with HIV sentenced to prison for not telling partners, faces additional charges
In February 2010, Tony Perkins of Greenwood was arrested for knowingly having sex with women without telling them he was HIV positive. On Tuesday he was sentenced to 18 months in prison. In February 2010, Tony Perkins of Greenwood was arrested for knowingly having sex with women without telling them…
2 arrested on credit card fraud charges related to Blue Hills car break-ins
State Police arrested two people on numerous credit card fraud charges following a rash of car break-ins over the past few months in the Blue Hills Reservation. Troopers arrested William Fox, 37, of Hyde Park and Ashley Pina, 32, of Bridgewater on Saturday on charges including larceny, conspiracy, credit card…