NJ Man Pleads Guilty to $4.4 Million VoIP Scam

A man who posed as an Internet telephone service wholesaler has admitted his role in a scheme to pilfer more than $4.4 million from multiple Voice over Internet Protocol service providers, the FBI’s Newark office announced.

Vinod Tonangi, 32, of Guttenberg, N.J., pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He entered his guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Peter G. Sheridan in Trenton federal…

Ghostmarket Teenager Hackers Sentenced

Two U.K. teenage hackers who broke into the accounts of online companies to steal customers’ credit card details were sentenced last Friday for abusing their computer skills, according to Metropolitan Police Service’s Police Central e-Crime Unit.

Zachary Woodham, 19, and Louis Tobenhouse, 18, both from Brighton, hacked into web-hosting company Punkyhosting and when the company detected the intrusion, it made attempts to prevent it. In response, Woodham,…

‘Fraud Finder’ Accused of Using Internet to Bad Mouth Former Fortune 500 Firm

A San Diego, Calif., man is expected in court next week after been charged with conspiracy to manipulate the stock price of a former Fortune 500 company by making false and misleading statements about its business operations and management, the FBI’s Miami office announced.

According to the charging document, Barry Minkow, 44, ran a California-based for-profit fraud investigation firm. In his role, he developed…

Russian Hackers Steal $80K from Pennsylvania Borough

Hackers were able to break into a Pennsylvania borough’s general fund account and transfer about $100,000 to another bank in the Midwest, according to Ephrata Mayor Ralph Mowen

Mowen said the hackers might have been Russians as the names on the accounts the money was initially wired to were “of Russian extraction,” according to Lancaster Online.

The mayor said he also believes the money has left the country…

Maryland Man Convicted of Defrauding Cisco

A federal jury this week found a local man guilty of multiple fraud charges and obstruction of an official proceeding related to his participation in a scheme to defraud Cisco Systems Inc., the Department of Justice announced in a press release.

Iheanyi Frank Chinasa, 39, of Gaithersburg, Md., was convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, eight counts of mail…

Tuscon Man Held for 2009 Super Bowl Porn Interruption

An Arizona man accused of interrupting the 2009 broadcast of Super Bowl with a 37-second clip of pornography has been arrested on charges of fraud and computer tampering, the Arizona Attorney General’s Office announced.

Frank Tanori Gonzalez was arrested last week for his alleged role in interrupting the local Comcast feed of the game between the Arizona Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers, Feb. 1, 2009, with what Reuters…

Russian Police Arrest Alleged Bank-Carding Kingpin

Russian authorities have arrested a Ukrainian man accused of running a criminal operation that used fraudulent credit cards and passports to siphon large amounts of cash out of banks around the world, The Register reports.

The arrest of the unnamed suspect came as the Russian Interior Ministry stopped the actions of the international criminal group the Ukrainian allegedly led. The gang, which had at least 50 members, pilfered more than…

Cyber Crime Affects Overwhelming Majority of Indonesians

A new Norton report reveals that a staggering 86 percent of Internet users in Indonesia have experienced cyber crime, including computer viruses, online frauds and phishing, a dire consequence from consumers’ indifference.

“We’re all injured by cyber crimes, whether they are committed directly or through costs charged by financial firms,” Effendy Ibrahim, Symantec Internet Safety Advocate and Consumer Business lead of Asia, told VIVANews.

Ibrahim said criminals operating in cyberspace deliberately…

Regulators Warn Cyber Targets

Regulators in the United Kingdom are planning to contact a list of 38,000 potential share fraud targets after authorities recovered a “sucker list” used by cyber criminals.

The Financial Services Authority plans to write to each of the individuals named on the list to inform them that their information is being circulated by “boiler room” share fraud criminals. Boiler rooms generally do not operate in the targeted country, making prosecution…

Colorado Springs is for… Cyber Crime

FBI agents in Colorado Springs have noted the cyber crime rate in the city is slightly higher than the national average.

Approximately 300,000 Colorado Springs residents have reported being victims of cyber crime, which is a 22 percent increase from 2009.

A local special agent told Fox21 some of the most common frauds include buying something from eBay and never getting anything in return, child pornography, and computer intrusions.

Although Colorado …