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11/23/09 BLACK
TUMWATER, WASHINGTON MAN INDICTED IN CONNECTION WITH COMCAST HACKING
Defendant and Two Others Accused of Disrupting Comcast Service in May 2008

11/6/09 TURRELLA
DES MOINES MAN CONVICTED OF INTERNET THREATS OF VIOLENCE, POSSESSING A FIREARM DURING THREATS OF VIOLENCE AND IDENTITY THEFT
Man Made Multiple Threats to Boeing Company and Anacortes Oil Refinery

8/11/09 WOOD
SEATTLE MAN WHO USED PEER-TO-PEER FILE SHARING SOFTWARE TO STEAL PERSONAL INFO SENTENCED TO PRISON
Defendant Stole Information from Computers Across the US to Commit Wire Fraud and ID Theft

4/30/09 SAMAL
BELLEVUE WEB DEVELOPMENT COMPANY AND CEO SENTENCED FOR COMPUTER INTRUSION
CEO Directed Programmer, Stymied FBI Investigation

3/5/09 WOOD
SECOND MAN CHARGED WITH SCHEME TO STEAL AND USE PERSONAL INFO WITH PEER-TO-PEER FILE SHARING SOFTWARE
Defendant Stole Information from Computers Across the US to Commit Wire Fraud and ID Theft

7/22/08 SOLOWAY
SEATTLE SPAMMER SENTENCED TO FORTY-SEVEN MONTHS IN PRISON FOR MAIL FRAUD, SPAM AND TAX CHARGES - Man Sold Spamming Software and Spamming Services Impacting Millions of Computers

3/17/08 KOPILOFF
SEATTLE MAN SENTENCED TO 51 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR ID THEFT SCHEME THAT USED COMPUTER FILE SHARING PROGRAMS
First Conviction in the Country Involving Peer to Peer File Sharing Programs

3/14/08 SOLOWAY
SEATTLE SPAMMER PLEADS GUILTY TO MAIL FRAUD, SPAM AND TAX CHARGES - Man Sold Spamming Software and Spamming Services Impacting Millions of Computers

11/5/07 KOPILOFF
SEATTLE MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN CONNECTION WITH ID THEFT USING COMPUTER FILE SHARING PROGRAMS - First Conviction in the Country Involving Peer to Peer File Sharing Programs

9/6/07 KOPILOFF
SEATTLE MAN INDICTED FOR ID THEFT USING COMPUTER FILE SHARING PROGRAMS - First Case in the Country Involving Peer to Peer File Sharing Programs

5/30/07 SOLOWAY
SEATTLE SPAMMER INDICTED FOR MAIL AND WIRE FRAUD, AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT AND MONEY LAUNDERING - Man Sold Spamming Software and Spamming Services Impacting Millions of Computers

11/17/06 PORTER
RAYMOND MAN SENTENCED IN CONNECTION WITH INTERNET PIRACY SCHEME - Downloaded pirated copies of movies, video games and software

8/25/06 MAXWELL
CALIFORNIA MAN SENTENCED FOR "BOTNET" ATTACK THAT IMPACTED MILLIONS - Network of Robot Computers Damaged Multiple Military Installations, Northwest Hospital, and California School District

speaker AUSA Kathryn Warma on Magnitude of Botnet

speaker AUSA Kathryn Warma on Potential Human Cost of Botnet

8/14/06 PORTER
RAYMOND MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN CONNECTION WITH INTERNET PIRACY SCHEME - Downloaded pirated copies of movies, video games and software

5/5/06 NOLAN
FLORIDA MAN SENTENCED FOR WEB ATTACK ON RIVAL MATCHMAKING SITE - Owner of MyLatinRose.com Hacked into Gig Harbor Based Latinlovesearch.com Disrupting Business

5/4/06 MAXWELL
CALIFORNIA MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN "BOTNET" ATTACK THAT IMPACTED SEATTLE HOSPITAL AND DEFENSE DEPARTMENT - Northwest Hospital, DOD vistims of effort to make money by controlling network of robot computers

2/10/06 MAXWELL
CALIFORNIA MAN INDICTED FOR "BOTNET" ATTACK THAT IMPACTED HOSPITAL - Northwest Hospital one victim of effort to make money by controlling network of robot computers

1/6/06 LAMONT
DARRINGTON MAN SENTENCED TO PROBATION & COMMUNITY SERVICE IN INTERNET BOMB THREAT CASE - Threats caused school closures in May, 2004

11/18/05 CONTINI
Former Microsoft Employee Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Illegally Selling Company Software Worth $7.1 Million - Sold Software on the gray market for more than $2 million

4/1/05 GREGG
Former Microsoft Employee Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Scheme to Profit from Stolen Software

2/11/05 JUVENILE
Juvenile Sentenced for Releasing Worm That Attacked Microsoft Web Site

1/28/05 PARSON
Minnesota Man Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Creating and Unleashing a Variant of the MS Blaster Computer Worm