Desire Athow reports: 28-year old former FBI Informant Albert Gonzalez has pleaded guilty to 20 federal charges that identify him as the brain behind what now stands as the biggest identity theft in US history. The hacker, who lives in Miami, could face up to a minimum of 15 years in prison although the jury…
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Jailhouse calls are not private, SJC rules
Shelly Murphy reports from Massachusetts: In a 4-to-3 decision that could have a sweeping impact on grand jury investigations and prisoner privacy, the state’s highest court ruled yesterday that prosecutors may subpoena recordings of telephone calls made from jail by inmates and people who are being held while awaiting trial. Rejecting contentions that the subpoenas…
UK: Five years for school toilet spycam man
A primary school computer consultant who set up a camera in the girls’ toilets has been jailed for five years. Timothy Walters was found to have more than 26,000 indecent images of children stored on his computer, Leeds Crown Court heard. The alarm was raised when two pupils at St Peter’s School, Birstall, alerted the…
FOI birth date battle reaches Texas Supreme Court
A fight about whether the birth dates of about 145,000 state workers are public record reached the Texas Supreme Court on Thursday, with a newspaper and the state attorney general pushing for their release. Standing in their way is Texas Comptroller Susan Combs, who argues releasing birth dates could lead to identity theft. The case…