Tag: Department of Justice
US Department of Justice Issues Cyber-Digital Task Force Report
'Malign foreign influences' are an obvious concern, but so are some relatively surprising topics.
Ex-Panama President to Face Wiretap Charges
Ricardo Martinelli has powerful friends but the US approved his extradition so he can be tried for using advanced tech to spy on the comms of other Panamanian politicians.
US Fraud Email Operation Yields 74 Arrests
Business email compromise schemes are not going away, as demonstrated by the number recently arrested by US federal authorities.
Cox Communications VP Pleads Guilty to Multimillion Dollar Fraud
Former marketing exec Janet West told her assistant to purchase fictitious services using the assistant's corporate credit card.
Dish Network Fined $280mn for Telemarketing Calls
The judge considered the penalty justified because of 'millions and millions' of sales calls made to people on the USA's National Do Not Call Registry.
Telco Boss Cloned Phones; Gets 6 Year Prison Term
Ramon Batista admitted that his telco had cloned mobile phones and used the compromised accounts to make international calls, resulting in losses of almost USD800,000 for Sprint and Verizon.
US Telco Owner Pleads Guilty to Fraud
One of the accomplices has already received a prison sentence of over 4 years.
Two Year Prison Sentence for US Telco Fraudster
Edwin Fana and his accomplices stole data for 11,000 accounts, cloned mobile phones and made calls to the Caribbean.
Million Dollar Miami Fraudster Pleads Guilty
The FBI discovered the criminal had over 80 cloned phones at his home, which he used to make calls to the Caribbean.
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