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Chance Arrest Leads to Major Identity Theft Ring Bust

The arrest of two men in Upper Darby, PA, for possession and use of stolen credit cards, led authorities to a much larger counterfeiting operation based in Philadelphia.Sheik Fofanah, 29, of Yeadon, PA, and Conde Mamady, 28, of Bladensburgh, MD, were arrested by Upper Darby police officers who responded to a report o...

29 November 2010
08:11 GMT

New Developments in Philadelphia (MacBook) Webcam Incident

Back in February, Softpedia reported that the FBI would be opening up a criminal investigation over claims that Lower Merion School District officials had used school-issued laptop computers to illegally spy on their students. In a note to customers today, the company responsible for the LANrev remote administration ...

9 March 2010
08:54 GMT

Stolen Phone's Feature Was a Robber's Downfall

A Philadelphia man suspected of armed robbery turned himself in after his picture was circulated on TV. When he used a stolen phone to take a photo of himself, it was automatically sent back to the device's rightful owner. On October 7, a college student walking home from the Fern Rock Transportation Center was...

5 December 2009
06:40 GMT

Clearwire Changes Executives, Brings 4G to Philadelphia

Clearwire announced the appointment of two new senior executives on Thursday, so as to help the company in its attempt to expand to more markets. The company named David D. Maquera as Clearwire’s senior vice president and chief strategy officer, and Thomas Enraght-Moony as senior vice president and general man...

6 November 2009
13:41 GMT

T-Mobile to Deliver 21Mbps HSPA+ by Mid-2010

The rush towards delivering better broadband speeds to mobile phone users in the US seems to have caught yet another wireless carrier, namely T-Mobile, which is reportedly gearing up to provide HSPA+ services to its subscribers all around the country by mid-2010. Moreover, the mobile phone operator seems to have alre...

19 September 2009
05:44 GMT

Philly Store Under Construction, Utah Store Hit by Burglars – Apple Retail

ifoAppleStore has picked up on an old, but “rekindled” rumor of Philadelphia's first Apple retail store being under construction. The source dealing exclusively with news and information about Apple's retail stores also has a story on burglars driving into a Utah store, running away with tens of...

20 January 2009
05:28 GMT

Former TV Presenter Admits to Hacking His Coworker's Email

A former TV news anchor admitted to having hacked the email account of one of his coworkers. Lawrence Mendte, who used to be a TV presenter for KYW-TV, a television station in Philadelphia, has been accused of "intentionally accessing a protected computer without authorization and obtaining information," a felony tha...

25 August 2008
03:53 GMT


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