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  • The Top 10 Tech Criminals Of All Time

    25 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone in Tech/Sci
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    They have the brains and my did they use them. This is a top 10 list about the tech geeks that made viruses, hacked into systems, leaked censored information and are now doing the time for their crimes.

    10. Raymon Bitar

    Crime: Running illegal online gambling.

    Time: Faced up to 35 years, but received no jail term after pleading guilty due to a severe heart condition.

    Forfeit: R390 million

    9. David Smith

    Crime: Wrote Melissa e-mail virus.

    Time: 20 months.

     

    8. Hector Xavier Monsegur

    Crime: Stealing user accounts from Sony Pictures in 2011 and taking down the CIA’s website.

    Time: Facing up to 124 years.

    7. Marc Collins (Founder of Digital Entertainment Networks)

    Crime: Transporting underage boys across state lines in order to commit illegal sexual acts.

    Time: 33 months.

    6. Albert Gonzalez

    Crime: Stealing and selling more than 170 million credit cards and ATM numbers.

    Time: 20 years.

    5. Samuel “Mouli” Cohen

    Crime: Defrauded millions of dollars from investors with a Ponzi Scheme.

    Time: 22 years.

    4. Edward Snowden

    Crime: PRISM leak.

    Time: Resides in Moscow and is still facing charges.

    3. Paul Devine

    Crime: Apple employee who took kickbacks from parts suppliers, charged with three charges of wire fraud and money laundering.

    Forefit: R 19,593,000.

     

    2. Shawn Hogan

    Crime: Took over R270 million in bogus commissions from eBay.

    Time: Facing 20 years.

    1. Marcus Tillman

    Crime: Suspect in a child molestation case, escaped police surveillance.

    Time: 40 years.


    [Source: Business Insider]

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