P2P highwayman gets four years for ID theft

[BoaterDave]

A Seattle man who admitted using file-sharing programs to pinch personal

information on 50 people as part of an ID theft scam has been jailed for

four years.

Gregory Kopiloff, 35, pleaded guilty to mail fraud, computer hacking and

aggravated identity theft offences at a hearing before the US District Court

in Seattle in November. As part of a plea bargaining agreement, prosecutors

dropped a second aggravated ID theft rap, an offence punishable on

conviction by a mandatory two years behind bars in addition to any other

sentence a convict might face.

The judge called Kopiloff "a highwayman in the virtual world," AP reports.

"People were traveling by and he was able to seize their assets, their

personal identity," he added. ® (from The Register)

Detail here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/18/p2...hwayman_jailed/

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I'll be delighted to see more prosecutions - what do others think?

BD

 

[Anteaus]

Reckon it was a fair Kop.

Like to see more spammers in the slammer though. That would make a real

difference.

"BoaterDave" wrote:

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> Gregory Kopiloff, 35, pleaded guilty to mail fraud, computer hacking and

> aggravated identity theft offences at a hearing before the US District Court </span>

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> I'll be delighted to see more prosecutions - what do others think?</span>