Computer Criminals
| Name | Handle | Nationality | Conviction(s) | Sentencing date(s) | Penalty |
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| Abene, MarkMark Abene | Phiber Optik | United States | Misdemeanor theft-of-service for a free-call scam to a 900 number One count of computer trespass and one count of computer conspiracy |
1991 !1991 1993 !1993 |
35 hours of community service One-year jail sentence |
| Ancheta, Jeanson JamesJeanson James Ancheta | Gobo | United States | Pled guilty to four federal charges of violating United States Code Section 1030, Fraud and Related Activity in Connection with Computers, specifically subsections (a)(5)(A)(i), 1030 (a)(5)(B)(i) and 1030(b) | 2006-05-08 !May 8, 2006 | 57 months in prison, forfeit a 1993 BMW and more than US$58,000 in profit Restitution of US$15,000 to the U.S. federal government for infecting military computers |
| Assange, Julian PaulJulian Paul Assange | Mendax | Australia | 31 charges of hacking and related charges. Pled guilty to 25 charges, the remaining 6 were dropped. | 1996-12-05 !5 December 1996 | A recorded conviction on all counts, a reparation payment of A$2,100 to ANU (to be paid in 3 months time) and a A$5,000 good-behaviour bond. |
| Botbyl, AdamAdam Botbyl | — | United States | Conspiracy to steal credit card numbers from the Lowe's chain of home improvement stores | 2004-12-16 !December 16, 2004 | Two years and two months imprisonment, followed by two years of supervised release |
| , unknownunknown | — | United States (Iowa) | One count simple harassment for sending six Gmail messages deemed to be "annoying" with another Gmail user over the course of six months and discovered in their SPAM folder on July 28, 2009. | 2009-11-24 !November 24, 2009 | $65 fine. Discretionary appeal denied. Direct appeal to Iowa Sumpreme Court of three year suspension by Iowa State University docket #12-1371. Issues: Double Jeopardy, use of the word "annoying" in Iowa Code 708.7 is void for vagueness, interstate commerce.
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| Calce, MikeMike Calce | MafiaBoy | Canada | Pled guilty to 56 charges of "mischief to data" | 2001-09-12 !September 12, 2001 | Eight months "open custody," by the Montreal Youth Court, one-year of probation, restricted use of the Internet and a small fine |
| Davis, ChadChad Davis | Mindphasr | United States | Intentionally hacking a protected computer and wilfully causing damage | 2000-03-01 !March 1, 2000 | Six months in prison, US$8,054 in restitution and three years probation |
| Even-Chaim, NahshonNahshon Even-Chaim | Phoenix | Australia | 15 charges including trespassing on the University of Texas computer network, altering data at NASA and the theft of the ZARDOZ file | 1993 !1993 | One-year suspended sentence: A$1,000 good-behaviour bond and 500 hours community service |
| , Ajay DhakaAjay Dhaka | DarkL00k | India | Charged for Hacking Over a E-commerce Portal with Approx $ 1,000,000 USD of total Fraud. He is charged with his 3 fellow hackers belong to Indishell. | 2012-08-28 !28 August 2012 | The case is in New Delhi Court and Hackers are still at large. Two Hackers are arrested till date with Charge of INR 5 Million Indian Rupees. |
| , unknownunknown | Trax | Australia | 6 counts of hacking and phreaking. Pled guilty to all charges. | 1995-09-20 !20 September 1995 1995-09-20 !20 September 1995 |
(Due to a history of mental illness) no recorded conviction and a A$500 three-year good-behaviour bond |
| Gray, RaphaelRaphael Gray | Curador | United Kingdom | Pled guilty to theft and hacking offenses which fall under the Computer Misuse Act and six charges of intentionally accessing sites containing credit card details and using this information for financial gain | 2001-07-06 !July 6, 2001 | Three years of psychiatric treatment after evidence emerged that he was suffering from a mental condition which needed medical treatment rather than incarceration |
| Heckenkamp, JeromeJerome Heckenkamp | MagicFX | United States | Admitted the hacking and pleaded guilty to two felonies in 2004. | 2004-02-02 !2004 | Sentenced to Time Served after spending 7 months in prison. |
| James, JonathanJonathan James | c0mrade | United States | Two counts of juvenile delinquency | 2000-09-21 !September 21, 2000 | Six-month prison sentence and probation until the age of eighteen |
| Jones, RichardRichard Jones | Electron | Australia | Trespassing on the University of Texas computer network and theft of the ZARDOZ file | 1993 !1993 | One year and six months suspended sentence, 300 hours of community service and psychiatric assessment and treatment |
| Kamkar, SamySamy Kamkar | samy | United States | Pled guilty to violating California Penal Code 502(c)(8) for creating the "Samy is my hero" XSS worm that spread across the MySpace social networking site | 2007 !2007 | Three years of formal probation, 90 days of community service, restitution paid to MySpace, restrictions on computer use |
| Lacroix, CameronCameron Lacroix | cam0 | United States | Pled guilty to hacking into the cell-phone account of celebrity Paris Hilton and participated in an attack on data-collection firm LexisNexis Group that exposed personal records of more than 300,000 consumers | 2005-09-13 !September 13, 2005 | 11 months in a Massachusetts juvenile detention facility |
| Lamo, AdrianAdrian Lamo | — | United States | One-count of computer crimes against Microsoft, LexisNexis and The New York Times | 2004-07-15 !July 15, 2004 | Six months detention at his parent's home plus two years probation and roughly US$65,000 in restitution |
| Mitnick, KevinKevin Mitnick | Condor | United States | Four counts of wire fraud, two counts of computer fraud and one count of illegally intercepting a wire communication | 1999-08-09 !August 9, 1999 | 46 months in federal prison and US$4,125 in restitution |
| Moran, DennisDennis Moran | Coolio | United States | Misdemeanor charges of hacking | 2001-03-09 !March 9, 2001 | Nine months in jail and US$5,000 in restitution to each victim |
| Morris, Robert TappanRobert Tappan Morris | rtm | United States | Intentional access of federal interest computers without authorization thereby preventing authorized access and causing a loss in excess of US$1,000 | 1990-05-16 !May 16, 1990 | Three years probation and 400 hours of community service in a manner determined by the Probation Office and approved by the Court |
| Parson, Jeffrey LeeJeffrey Lee Parson | T33kid | United States | Pled guilty on August 11, 2004 to one count of intentionally causing or attempting to cause damage to a protected computer via his version of the Blaster computer worm | 2005-01-01 !January 1, 2005 | 18 months in prison and 100 hours of community service |
| Poulsen, KevinKevin Poulsen | Kevin Poulsen | United States | Pled guilty to seven counts of mail, wire and computer fraud, money laundering and obstruction of justice | 1994-06-01 !June 1, 1994 | 51 months in prison and ordered to pay US$56,000 in restitution |
| Rose, LeonardLeonard Rose | Terminus | United States | Illicit use of proprietary software (UNIX 3.2 code) owned by AT&T and 2 counts of computer fraud and three counts of interstate transportation of stolen property. | 1991-06-12 !June 12, 1991 | One-year jail sentence |
| Smith, David L.David L. Smith | Kwyjibo | United States | Pled guilty to knowingly spreading a computer virus, the Melissa virus, with the intent to cause damage | 2002-05-01 !May 1, 2002 | 20 months in federal prison, US$5,000 fine and 100 hours of community service upon release |
| Tenenbaum, EhudEhud Tenenbaum | Analyzer | Israel | Admitted to cracking US and Israeli computers, and pled guilty to conspiracy, wrongful infiltration of computerized material, disruption of computer use and destroying evidence | 2001-06-15 !June 15, 2001 | Six months of community service, one-year of probation, a two-year suspended prison sentence and fined about US$18,000 |
| Vallor, SimonSimon Vallor | Gobo | United Kingdom | Writing and distributing three computer viruses | 2003-01-21 !January 21, 2003 | Two-year jail sentence |
| Wondra, GeraldGerald Wondra | The 414s | United States | Unauthorized access to computers at the Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York and a Los Angeles bank and two counts of "making harassing telephone calls" | 1983-05-01 !May 1, 1983 | Two years probation |
| Wit, Jan deJan de Wit | OnTheFly | Netherlands | Spreading data into a computer network with the intention of causing damage as the creator of the Anna Kournikova virus | 2001-09-27 !September 27, 2001 | 150 hours community service |
| Jeffery, JamesJames Jeffery | Pablo Escobar | United Kingdom | Hacked into the British Pregnancy Advisory Service, stole patient information and defaced the webpage. Pled guilty to 2 counts of computer misuse. | 2012-04-13 !April 13, 2012 | 32 months imprisonment |
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