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more about #criminals more comments → The Donut Pirate: Is it at all ironic that the CAN-SPAM act says that you CAN'T spam? more » Bokusatsu_Tenshi: They should spend all their sentences listening to this everyday 24 hours a day. THAT would be a fair. more » iElvis: Amateur. His mistake was doing this in West Bloomfield, Michigan. He should have been operating from Eastern Europe, where bribing the government to l... more » yantelope: 4 years hardly seems like a strong enough punishment. I think he should instead be forced to order and use all the products his spam campaign adverti... more » GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday: Buy my book. Buy my book. Buy my book. Catch this crook! Catch this crook! more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: Is it just me or does that guy (not the cardboard one) bear some resemblance to Dr. Smith?? "Oh the pain, the pain..." more » nutbastard: great, give him the fame he so desperately seeks. that'll show 'em. more » Kaiser-Machead: If only there was a bounty. A few of us Gizmodoers can go a-huntin'. I'll bring the Corgi, you bring the Jericho. more » GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday: Is that a camera next to the big yellow button? Is there anything they WON'T put a camera in? I love these people. more » Iwaitfornight: Is it just me, or does that look like a movie promo? more » Kimistry: "After reporting it to police, she noticed a strange email in her outbox." Don't you mean "inbox"? more » sdowney83: God I hate thugs. They're ancestors work hard for civil liberties, and they throw it all away because "dey all balla's!" Seriously, they need to knock... more » Ozzie's Secret Code Name: MisterWho: It's sad when a kid thinks all he can get out of life is an iphone. Anyway, I hope he really learns a lesson. Most kids who go to jail just become b... more » OMG! Ponies!: 4:30 a.m. on an empty subway platform and she's playing with her iPhone. And he's the idiot? more » Kaiser-Machead: Well at least he's not as dumb as one of my neighbors. He broke into his mother's apartment and stole all of her jewelry, and tried to sell a lot of i... more » -
#spam
Godfather of Spam Sentenced to Four Years in Jail
A Detroit judge sentenced Alan Ralsky, a spam mastermind who headed an elaborate international organization, to 51 months in prison. Ralsky was convicted of wire fraud, mail fraud and violation of the CAN-SPAM act for his schemes. More » -
#cardboardkiller
This Talking Cardboard Dude Is a Murderer (Allegedly)
A murder case that's been cold for two years. Do you: Throw more detectives on it? Go on Japan's Most Wanted? Or create life-size, talking cardboard cutouts of the killer? I think we have a winner! More » -
#dumbcriminals
If You Steal Somebody's iPhone and Don't Know How to Use It, You'll Go to Jail
Shoe designer Sayaka Fukuda was mugged by two men who made off with her purse and iPhone. After reporting it to police, she noticed a strange email in her outbox. Guess what happened next? More » -
#crime
The Rise of the Drug-Running Remote-Controlled Semi-Submarines
Drug lords have been using homemade subs to ferry cocaine to the US from Columbia for a few years but the machines are getting more sophisticated, sometimes employing remote control systems. More » -
#microsoft
Microsoft and Cybersecurity Superfriends Offer $250k for Conficker Worm Maker
Microsoft is offering a $250,000 bounty for the Conficker worm's designer. Microsoft isn't alone in this hunt for the writer of the biggest PC worm in recent history. More » -
#google
If You Commit a Felony, Don't Google It or You'll Go to Jail
Lee Harbert was a San Francisco-based investment banker with a history of DUIs. On Jan. 11, 2005, he killed 55-year-old Gurdeep Kaur in a hit-and-run with his Jaguar. Google got him convicted. More » -
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#security
Globalization and Its Malcontents: Mexico, India and Africa Will Be New Epicenters of Internet Crime
Computer viruses no longer come from the US or Europe; the hottest hotbeds of hackerdom may be in China and Russia now, but even that will shift. Soon, the most dangerous internet criminals might hail from Mexico, India and Africa, says a new study. Shouldn't somebody call Nick Negroponte? More »
