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14 more charged with insider trading

November 6, 2009 Federal prosecutors charged 14 hedge fund employees, lawyers and other investors in criminal complaints that seem to be connected to the Galleon case.(From The New York Times) TAGS: hedge fund, insider, prosecutor, lawyer, investigation, authority, investor, complaint, attorney, New York, California, IBM Corp., U.S., AMD

Legal reprieve for Russian MP3 site?

March 7, 2005 Moscow prosecutors decline to charge popular site AllofMP3, which offers songs for just pennies online. TAGS: Moscow, prosecutor, AllofMP3.com, spokeswoman, song, music, MP3

Dutch police nab suspected 'bot herders'

October 7, 2005 The three suspects allegedly hijacked more than 100,000 computers worldwide and connected those in a botnet. TAGS: prosecutor, suspect, bot, police, malicious code, antivirus software, McAfee Inc., hacking, trojan horse, virus, PC

Police Blotter: Verizon forced to turn over text messages

December 5, 2007 Justice Department gets judge's approval to obtain archived SMS text messages from wireless carrier without first obtaining a warrant. TAGS: Police Blotter, text message, warrant, prosecutor, SMS, Verizon Communications, phone provider, request, Verizon Wireless, telecommunications, e-mail

E-tracking through your cell phone

February 13, 2006 Against a law, prosecutors aim to track suspects' locations through cell phones, CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh says. TAGS: surveillance, Judge, cell phone, prosecutor, law, location

Russian prosecutors seek jail time for Allofmp3.com owner

July 24, 2007 A month after music site shuts down, authorities seek three-year sentence and $590,000 in restitution in massive copyright infringement case. TAGS: AllofMP3.com, Russia, prosecutor, owner

MP3s for pennies? Russian cops say no

February 22, 2005 Russian music site, long a thorn in music industry's side, finally gets targeted by law enforcement. TAGS: AllofMP3.com, prosecutor, penny, investigation, Russia, license, song, MP3

AOL phisher faces up to 101 years in prison

January 16, 2007 Found guilty by a jury, a California man faces time in federal prison for sending out e-mail scams and related crimes. TAGS: prosecutor, jury, CAN-SPAM Act, prison, phishing, America Online Inc., attorney, credit card, billing, Time Warner Inc., California, Microsoft Office, U.S., e-mail

Banks take on debit-card theft

March 17, 2006 Banks offer programs to alert customers to potential fraud as concerns over debit-card theft build. TAGS: theft, OfficeMax Inc., debit card, fraud, bank, prosecutor

Microsoft lags in antitrust compliance, U.S. says

January 24, 2006 Prosecutors say it has "fallen significantly behind" in meeting certain obligations under its antitrust deal. TAGS: antitrust, Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, technical committee, prosecutor, Microsoft Corp., U.S.

Police blotter: Patriot Act e-mail spying approved

February 10, 2006 Federal judge OKs prosecutors' Patriot Act request for e-mail surveillance without any evidence of wrongdoing by the target. TAGS: USA PATRIOT Act, Police Blotter, prosecutor, surveillance, electronic communication, request, evidence, language, e-mail, monitoring, analysis

$1 million bond set for alleged spammer's freedom

November 9, 2004 Virginia judge sets bail for North Carolina resident Jeremy Jaynes at $1 million, arguing that Jaynes is a flight risk. TAGS: Virginia, prosecutor, spammer, bond, spam, North Carolina, asset, e-mail, monitor

Three convictions in Net piracy sweeps

March 9, 2005 Software pirates plead guilty, face up to 10 years in prison, in largest multinational Net piracy investigation to date. TAGS: piracy, prosecutor, men, intellectual property, attorney

Justice Dept. pushes stiffer antipiracy laws

November 10, 2005 Department wants Congress to make it a crime to "attempt" copyright infringement. Also seeks stronger penalties. TAGS: proposal, antipiracy, intellectual property, infringement, prosecutor, piracy, penalty, crime, department, government, file-sharing

FAQ: Wi-Fi mooching and the law

July 8, 2005 Is it legal to use another's network without asking? Is it OK to share your own network? It's not always clear. TAGS: Computer Fraud, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, IEEE 802.1X, law, Wi-Fi, prosecutor, representative, wireless network, professor, DSL, monitoring, Verizon Communications

Police Blotter: Armed robbers nabbed through text messages

February 25, 2008 Court doesn't agree with armed-robbery defendants, who say police need a judge-signed court order to obtain archived text messages. TAGS: text message, Police Blotter, subpoena, defendant, prosecutor, count, evidence, attorney, U.S., message

Police blotter: Child porn blamed on computer virus

November 3, 2006 In this week's installment, a former eighth-grade teacher blames a virus when police discover computer images of child porn. TAGS: Police Blotter, computer virus, Georgia, prosecutor, police, teacher, malware, image, virus

FAQ: The new 'annoy' law explained

January 11, 2006 Certain types of Web sites, e-mail are now federally prohibited. What does that mean in practice? TAGS: law, First Amendment, Communications Decency Act, VoIP, communication, prosecutor, argument, section, person

Florida man charged in botnet attack on Akamai

October 24, 2006 Prosecutors allege he used an e-mail worm to create a network of hijacked PCs that swamped the victim's servers. TAGS: Akamai Technologies Inc., e-mail worm, Florida, prosecutor, denial of service, server, e-mail, Microsoft Corp.
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