CSA Forms Working Group to Research Big Data Security, Privacy
A technology companies consortium, Cloud Security Alliance has launched the Big Data Working Group to find security and privacy solutions for big data, Information Week reports. CSA global research director J.R. Santos said they formed the working group because of requests from corporations about addressing issues on privacy and security issues on big data. Santos [...]
Congress introduced a bill Friday that would establish a federal framework for collecting sales tax from online retailers. The bill would provide a federal solution to the growing issue of states seeking to collect billions in taxes from online transactions. Sen. Dick Durbin and Reps. John Conyers and Peter Welch released the Main Street Fairness [...]
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A Romanian scammer was sentenced yesterday to four years in prison for his role as a money mule in an international fraud scheme that targeted online bidders, the FBI’s Chicago division announced. According to court documents, Adrian Ghighina, 33, of Bucharest, Romania, moved and hid the illicit proceeds of an global scam in which co-conspirators [...]
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Another eBay Scammer Bites the Dust; Pleads Guilty to Selling Counterfeit Software for $1M
June 7, 2011 No CommentA Cincinnati man has admitted to selling more than $1 million worth of counterfeit financial and tax preparation software through an online auction site, according to an announcement from the Justice Department. Brandon C. Davis, 31, pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud, one count of copyright infringement and two counts of filing a [...]
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A 40-year-old Nevada man has been sentenced to 12,5 years in prison and ordered to pay $1.5 million in restitution for defrauding more than 250 persons in an Internet fraud scheme involving high-end appliances. Darin French was convicted Feb. 18, 2011, of 22 counts of mail fraud, 11 counts of wire fraud, and three counts [...]
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A scamming husband-and-wife team from Nevada has been found guilty of defrauding eBay customers who shelled out small fortunes for advertised high-end kitchen appliances they never received. Darin Jerome French and Jennifer Lynn French were convicted last week of mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering in connection with an online scheme in which the [...]
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A Romanian man has pleaded guilty to one count each of wire fraud and conspiracy for his role in moving and hiding the illegal proceeds of an international fraud that targeted Internet bidders. Court documents say 33-year-old Adrian Ghighina of Bucharest, Romania, came to the United States in 2004 acting as a money mule in [...]
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A federal investigation dubbed Operation eMule has led agents to two foreign-exchange students in Minnesota who are accused of taking part in a cyber-crime ring in Vietnam that stole the identities of countless Americans and pilfered millions of dollars from online retailers. According to Star Tribune, court documents identified major companies such as eBay, PayPal, [...]
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A 36-year-old Ohio man has been sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for selling more than 35,000 illegally copied computer games online between 2005 and 2009, according to the FBI. Qiang “Michael” Bi pleaded guilty July 28, 2010, to one count of mail fraud, one count of copyright infringement, and one count of aggravated identity [...]
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Romanian authorities have arrested a man suspected of stealing more than $3 million through a series of computer crimes that included phishing attacks targeting eBay employees, The Register reports. Liviu Mihail Concioiu allegedly masterminded two phishing attacks targeting eBay employees. Although it is unknown how many eBay workers fell for the ploy, a computer-forensics expert [...]
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