March 31, 2009

Maple Grove man sentenced for wire fraud, identity theft

A 22-year-old Maple Grove man was sentenced today in federal court to prison on one
count of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft in connection with a scheme to
steal credit card account information and use it to add value to gift cards that he purchased.

December 30, 2008

A team of security researchers and academics has broken a core piece of internet technology. They made their work public at the 25th Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin today. The team was able to create a rogue certificate authority and use it to issue valid SSL certificates for any site they want. The user would have no indication that their HTTPS connection was being monitored/modified.

March 23, 2009

FORMER FOLSOM RESIDENT PLEADS GUILTY TO TRAFFICKING IN COUNTERFEIT MERCHANDISE

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Acting United States Attorney Lawrence G. Brown announced today that KA KIT LAM, 38, of San Jose, Calif. (formerly of Folsom, Calif.) pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge William B. Shubb, Jr. to one count of trafficking in counterfeit goods and services.

March 23, 2009

DISTRIBUTOR OF COUNTERFEIT PHARMACEUTICALS DRUGS
CONVICTED

(HOUSTON) - Richard Fletcher, 57, of Dallas, Texas, has been convicted of conspiring
to distribute counterfeit pharmaceuticals and trafficking in pharmaceuticals bearing false
labeling and counterfeit trademarks, acting United States Attorney Tim Johnson
announced today. Fletcher pleaded guilty to both federal offenses at a hearing this
morning before United States District Judge Lee Rosenthal. Fletcher faces a maximum
sentence of 10 years in federal prison, without parole, a $250,000 fine and no more than
three years of supervised release after the prison term at sentencing set for June 23, 2009.

March 17, 2009

UPLAND MAN INDICTED FOR ALLEGEDLY DAMAGING COMPUTER
SYSTEMS USED TO MONITOR OFF-SHORE OIL PLATFORMS

An Upland man who worked at a company that operated off-shore oil platforms was
indicted today on federal charges of damaging the company’s computer systems after it
declined to offer him permanent employment.

March 6, 2009

60TH FELONY CONVICTION OBTAINED IN SOFTWARE PIRACY CRACKDOWN “OPERATION FASTLINK”

WASHINGTON – The 60th felony conviction from Operation Fastlink, a major Department
of Justice initiative to combat online piracy worldwide, was announced today by Acting Assistant
Attorney General of the Criminal Division Rita M. Glavin and Acting U.S. Attorney Nora R.
Dannehy of the District of Connecticut.

March 4, 2009

TWO PLEAD GUILTY TO DEFRAUDING TRUCKING COMPANIES IN
MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR SCHEME THAT USED INTERNET SITE

Two Southern California men have pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges
for fraudulently using a federal Internet site to defraud trucking companies out of at
least $2.4 million.

Febuary 24, 2009

TWO PLEAD GUILTY TO DEFRAUDING TRUCKING COMPANIES IN
MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR SCHEME THAT USED INTERNET SITE

Two Southern California men have pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges
for fraudulently using a federal Internet site to defraud trucking companies out of at
least $2.4 million.

Febuary 20, 2009

THREE CHARGED IN MOVIE PIRACY CASES INVOLVING
ILLEGAL POSTING OF THEATRICAL FILMS ON INTERNET
Screeners of ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ and ‘Benjamin Button’ Were Made Available

Three Southern California men have been charged in separate cases with
distributing pirated copies of Hollywood movies such as “Slumdog Millionaire” and
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" in violation of federal copyright law.

Febuary 17, 2009

TEXAS MAN SENTENCED TO 41 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR SELLING COUNTERFEIT
SOFTWARE WORTH $1 MILLION ON WEB SITES

WASHINGTON - Timothy Kyle Dunaway, 24, of Wichita Falls, Texas, was sentenced today
to 41 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Reed O’Connor in Wichita Falls for selling
counterfeit computer software through the Internet in violation of criminal copyright infringement
laws, Acting Assistant Attorney General Rita M. Glavin of the Criminal Division and Acting U.S.
Attorney James T. Jacks for the Northern District of Texas announced. The software sold by
Dunaway had a combined retail value of more than $1 million.

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Febuary 13, 2009

FORMER METALDYNE EMPLOYEES SENTENCED TO PRISON IN
TO CONSPIRACY TO STEAL CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION TO BENEFIT CHINESE COMPETITOR

Three former employees of Metaldyne Corporation were sentenced to prison terms in federal court today in connection with a conspiracy to steal confidential information from the company, according to Acting United States Attorney Terrence Berg.