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Hacker Jailed Second Time for Fraud

A 27-year-old Pennsylvania man was sentenced to three years in prison for stealing over $100,000 from a currency exchange service, after previously serving 13 months in jail for stock fraud.Van T. Dinh made the news headlines in 2003, when at the the age of 19 he became the youngest person ever to be charged with ide...

1 April 2011
10:53 GMT

Broker Charged for Involvement in Pump-and-Dump Stock Fraud Scheme

A new York Broker has been charged with conspiracy to commit fraud for his alleged role in a multimillion-dollar pump-and-dump stock scheme ran by the notorious spammer Alan Ralsky.According to Detroit prosecutors, Gregg M. Berger helped sell over 30 million shares for thinly traded Chinese and Israeli stocks after t...

3 February 2011
11:53 GMT

Fraudster Admits to Using Botnet in Pump-And-Dump Scheme

An Arozina computer specialist pleaded guilty to offenses related to his role in a pump-and-dump scheme instrumented with the help of hacking and botnets.James Bragg, 41, of Chandler, Arizona, admitted his involvement in the stock-fraud operation, which lasted from Novermber 2007 to February 2009.According to court r...

21 October 2010
07:01 GMT

Notorious Spammer Sent to Prison

The U.S. Department of Justice announces that former spam kingpin Alan M. Ralsky was sentenced to 51 months in jail, on Monday, for instrumenting a stock fraud scheme. Nine of his accomplices have also received prison sentences for their role in the operation.Alan M. Ralsky, 64, of West Bloomfield, Michigan, used to ...

25 November 2009
08:43 GMT

Former Spam Kingpin Pleads Guilty

Former notorious spammer and stock fraudster Alan Ralsky, 64, of West Bloomfield, Michigan, pleaded guilty in a Detroit U.S. District Court on Monday for orchestrating a pump-and-dump stock scheme that involved sending millions of spam emails. His son-in-law, Scott K. Bradley, 47, also of West Bloomfield, along with ...

24 June 2009
04:17 GMT


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