February 12, 2020

Data about inmates and jail staff spilled by leaky prison app

A web-mapping project came across detainees' prescriptions and other PII that could be used by identity thieves to victimize prisoners.

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November 22, 2019

Convicted Nigerian fraudster keeps a-fraudin’ from behind bars

He was supposed to be serving a 24-year sentence in the "maximum security" prison, not continuing the fraud... and going to parties.

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October 05, 2018

Prison smuggler busted by his own drone camera

It turns out that drones advertised off the back of beautiful aerial shots also take great videos of murky drug dens.

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June 21, 2018

So long! ‘The internet’s most inept criminal’ goes to jail

The FBI took six months to track him down - what they found was a disturbed hacker with "no skills".

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October 10, 2017

Busted! Founder sells $51m website, hacks it, tries to sell site its own data

What's worse than Dracula sucking your blood? Dracula sucking your blood and then trying to sell it back to you

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August 01, 2016

Carder crook “Sir King Cash” now faces up to 12 years in jail

A scammer who laundered stolen money through a bogus music site now faces a choice: pay back more than $700k or do 5 extra years.

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June 16, 2016

Facebook “Spam King” gets 2.5 years in the slammer

Sanford Wallace was also fined $310,628 for sending over 27 million spams and ripping off half a million Facebook account logins.

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January 19, 2016

Woman given a year in jail for tagging sister-in-law in Facebook post

Sorry, lady: if the court tells you not to contact somebody by any means, it's *not* OK to tag them—and certainly not in insulting posts!

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March 06, 2015

Facebook post criticizing employer lands Florida man in Abu Dhabi prison

Used to First Amendment protection, he never would have imagined that berating his employer would land him in an Emirati jail. Now, Ryan Pate faces a potential 5 years in jail and a stiff fine.

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