Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Bitcoin qualifies as money, a federal judge ruled on Monday, in a decision linked to a criminal case over hacking attacks against JPMorgan Chase & Co and other companies. U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan in Manhattan rejected a bid by The…
Two Suspects Charged With Multiple Counts Of Identity Theft
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans 30-year-old Jerry Paul Manuel Jr. of Celeste Eufola Road and 27-year-old Mercedes Leigh Jenkins of Loray Lane, both from Statesville, were both arrested by Iredell County Sheriff’s Officers. Manuel is charged with three counts of identity theft and Jenkins is The…
Indictment adds more child porn counts against person of interest in 1989 Wetterling abduction
A federal grand jury has added more child pornography charges against a man authorities have called a “person of interest” in the 1989 abduction of Jacob Wetterling. The 25-count indictment released Wednesday lets prosecutors proceed against 52-year-old Danny James Heinrich, of Annandale. It supersedes a five-count criminal complaint filed in…
Bossier City man charged with 100 counts of possessing child porn
A Bossier City man is behind bars at Bossier Max, charged with 100 counts of possession of child pornography. According to the Bossier Sheriff’s Office, 61-year-old Anthony “Tony” H. Martin was arrested Tuesday on a warrant that was the culmination of an investigation that began in late November. Investigators say…
Pierre Part woman charged with 49 counts of credit card fraud in alleged Facebook scam
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Assumption Parish detectives have arrested a woman they believe is behind an alleged online scam that stretched from Pierre Part to six other states. Latisha Landry, 32, is charged with 49 counts of credit card fraud. Some victims said they still…
GA mother found guilty of 28 counts in chicken coop child abuse case
A jury has ruled on a child abuse case for one Georgia woman on Monday. A jury ruled that Diana Franklin is guilty in 28 counts, including aggravated assault, false imprisonment and cruelty to children. The jury deliberated for less than two hours. Defendant Diana Franklin was escorted out of…
Study counts kids who seek help under new sex trafficking law
Numbers offering an initial glimpse of how Minnesota’s new “Safe Harbor” law is working suggest that more than 150 children have sought help in the law’s first year from the Minnesota Health Department’s front line workers, called “regional navigators.” Additionally, there were nearly 200 requests for housing or other assistance….
Duo charged with 10 counts of credit card fraud
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Dothan police arrested two people over the weekend and charged them each with 10 counts of fraudulent use of a credit card. According to a Dothan police statement, police arrested 42-year-old Katrina Elvie McMahon and 29-year-old Vincent M. Townsend, both of…
The MyHeart Counts study leads ResearchKit’s international expansion
With the release of version 1.5 of Stanford’s MyHeart Counts cardiovascular study app, ResearchKit has taken its first steps outside of the U.S. The new release of the MyHeart Counts app is now available to iPhone owners in both the U.K. and Hong Kong. So far, medical research apps built…
Hacker Who Crippled Xbox Live Convicted of 50,700 Counts, Dodges Prison
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The devious, brazen Finnish hacker who ruined Christmas ‘14 just got the book thrown at him in his homeland’s court: 17-year-old Julius Kivimaki was sentenced today to a two-year suspended sentence. Finland’s Kaleva.fi reports Kivimaki, who not only took responsibility for…