2010 News Releases (PDF) Blaine Man Stops Trial to Plead Guilty to Hacking into Neighbor's Internet System to Email Threats against the Vice President (December 17, 2010) Fannie Mae Computer Intruder Sentenced to over 3 Years in Prison for Attempting to Wipe Out Fannie Mae Financial Data: Malicious Code Would Have Destroyed Mortgage Information (December 17, 2010) Georgia Man Pleads Guilty to Participating in International Child Pornography Ring Dismantled by International Law Enforcement Effort: Five of 16 Defendants Charged in United States Have Now Pleaded Guilty for Roles in "Lost Boy" Child Pornography Ring (December 14, 2010) Former Goldman Sachs Computer Programmer Found Guilty in Manhattan Federal Court of Theft of Trade Secrets (December 10, 2010) Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges Operator of Luxury Eyewear Website with Cyberstalking, Threatening, and Defrauding His Customers (December 6, 2010) Russian Man Charged with Sending Thousands of Spam Emails (December 3, 2010) Former Gray Wireline Employee Admits to Computer Intrusion (December 2, 2010) Former Students Indicted for Computer Hacking at University of Central Missouri (November 22, 2010) Malaysian National Indicted for Hacking into Federal Reserve Bank (November 18, 2010) Tennessee Man Sentenced for Illegally Accessing Former Governor Sarah Palin's E-mail Account and Obstruction of Justice (November 12, 2010) 30-Month Sentence For Bot Nets Used To Obtain Information From Other Computer Systems (November 4, 2010) Virginia Information Technology Director Sentenced to 27 Months in Prison for Hacking Former Employer's Website (October 29, 2010) Computer Specialist Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud Committed through Hacking, Botnets, Spam and Market Manipulation (October 20, 2010) Former Employee of Fannie Mae Contractor Convicted of Attempting to Destroy Fannie Mae Computer Data (October 4, 2010) Comcast Hackers Sentenced to Prison (September 24, 2010) Extradited Hacker Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Masterminding First-ever Hack into Internet Phone Networks (September 24, 2010) Hacker Convicted of Unleashing a Virus and Attacking Media Outlets (September 22, 2010) Olympia Resident Pleads Guilty to Cyber-stalking, Threatening and Obscene Phone Calls Using Internet 'Spoofing' Service (September 14, 2010) Former Computer Server Hosting Facility Employee Sentenced to 48 Months in Prison for Computer Intrusion and Possessing Child Pornography (September 10, 2010) Miami Man Pleads Guilty to Purchasing, Selling and Using Stolen Credit Card Information (September 1, 2010) Tennessee Man Convicted of Illegally Accessing Sarah Palin's E-mail Account and Obstruction of Justice (August 30, 2010) Iowa City Woman Convicted of Accessing President's Student Loan Records (August 27, 2010) Capitol Heights Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing the Pay of U.S. Servicemen (August 16, 2010) Woman Pleads Guilty to Hacking into Private Boxes on Personal Ad Company Computers and Threatening a Customer (August 12, 2010) Thibodaux Man Pleads Guilty to Violation of Digital Millennium Copyright Act (August 11, 2010) Texas Man Admits Involvement in Software Piracy Conspiracy (August 10, 2010) International Hacker Arraigned after Extradition (August 6, 2010) Stalking and Computer Intrusion Indictment Filed In Philadelphia (August 5, 2010) New Jersey Man Pleads Guilty to E-mail Spam Conspiracy (July 13, 2010) 38 Defendants Indicted in Multi-million Dollar Fraud (July 9, 2010) Houston Computer Administrator Sentenced to 12 Months in Prison for Hacking Former Employer's Computer Network (July 6, 2010) Dublin Woman Pleads Guilty to Hacking Email Accounts and Deleting Documents in Domestic Relations Dispute (July 2, 2010) Blaine Man Indicted for Hacking into Neighbor's Wireless Internet System and Posing As the Neighbor to Email Child Pornography and Threats to the Vice President (June 24, 2010) Nantucket Man Arrested and Charged with Operating International Online "Phishing" Scheme to Steal Income Tax Refunds (June 24, 2010) O'Fallon Man Indicted for Internet Fraud in Connection with 2006 St. Louis Cardinal Playoff Tickets Scheme (June 24, 2010) Orange County Man Suspected of Hacking Computers Arrested on Federal Charges Related to Demands For Sexually Explicit Videos from Women and Teenage Girls (June 22, 2010) Another Pleads Guilty in Botnet Hacking Conspiracy (June 10, 2010) U.S. Indicts Ohio Man and Two Foreign Residents in Alleged Ukraine-Based "Scareware" Fraud Scheme That Caused $100 Million in Losses to Internet Victims Worldwide (May 27, 2010) Student Convicted with Using University Computer Network for Denial of Service Attacks and to Control Other Computers (via "Botnet" Zombies) (May 26, 2010) Arlington Security Guard, Who Hacked into Hospital's Computer System, Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges (May 14, 2010) Chico Man Pleads Guilty to Embezzling $693,000 from Charity (May 14, 2010) Las Vegas Man Pleads Guilty to Creating and Selling Cookie-Stuffing Program (May 14, 2010) Student Charged with Using University Computer Network for Denial of Service Attacks and to Control Other Computers (via "Botnet" Zombies) (May 14, 2010) Grand Jury Returns Indictment Charging Nine Individuals with Exceeding Authorized Computer Access (May 12, 2010) Indian National Sentenced to 81 Months in Prison for Role in International Online Brokerage "Hack, Pump and Dump" Scheme (April 26, 2010) 'Hacker' Indicted in Massive Tax, Mail, and Wire Fraud Scheme (April 8, 2010) Computer Hacker Sentenced to 37 Months in Prison in Manhattan Federal Court for Scheme to Steal and Launder Money from Brokerage Accounts (April 7, 2010) Louisville Man Charged in Computer Fraud Scheme (April 7, 2010) Illinois Man Sentenced to Two and a Half Years in Prison for Posting Nude Videos of ESPN Reporter on Internet (March 15, 2010) Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges California Man with Cyber-Extortion of New York-Based Insurance Company (March 8, 2010) Four Indicted in $25 Million Scheme Defrauding and Hacking Ticketmaster, Tickets.com, and Other Ticket Vendors (March 1, 2010) Harris County Deputy Sheriff Indicted for Disclosing Confidential Information for Cash (February 24, 2010) "Iceman" Computer Hacker Receives 13-year Prison Sentence (February 12, 2010) Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges Former Goldman Sachs Computer Programmer for Theft of Trade Secrets (February 11, 2010) Las Vegas Man Charged with Creating and Selling Cookie-stuffing Program (February 9, 2010) Kingdom of Sweden Accepts Request for Transfer of Prosecution in Case Involving Swedish National Charged with Hacking and Trade Secret Theft (February 8, 2010) Resident of India Pleads Guilty in International Online Brokerage "Hack, Pump and Dump" Scheme (February 5, 2010) Hacker Pleads Guilty to Infiltrating VOIP Networks and Reselling Service for Profit (February 3, 2010) Nebraska Man Agrees to Plead Guilty in Attack of Scientology Websites Orchestrated by 'anonymous' (January 25, 2010) Former Standard Mortgage Corporation Clerk Sentenced to 30 Months in Federal Prison for $1 Million Computer Fraud (January 14, 2010) Romanian Citizen Pleads Guilty to Federal Spamming Charge (January 14, 2010) Nineteen Indicted in Massive Cybercrime Conspiracy (January 8, 2010) Ninety-month Sentence for Man Who Emailed Threats to a Columbus Company, Florida Legislator (January 7, 2010) <<< Return to Cyber Crime Index
