From: Alfred Qaeda
Must be the same unimaginative prison.net person. ---- http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2001-06-12-stock-account-hacker-sent... # # 06/12/2001 - Updated 08:42 AM ET # # Stock trading account hacker gets three years # # RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) - A man who illegally accessed other # people's online stock trading accounts has been sentenced to # more than three years in federal prison. # # The Secret Service estimated that Babatunde Osiname, 36, and # a 29-year-old Texas woman stole the identities of more than 100 # U.S.-based employees of Swedish telecommunications giant # Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson and other companies. They were # accused of draining about $1.9 million from stock and credit # card accounts. # # A U.S. District judge on Monday sentenced Osiname to 37 months # in prison and ordered him to pay more than $1.1 million in # restitution. # # Osiname pleaded guilty to two counts of mail fraud and wire fraud. # He admitted accessing accounts managed by ETrade Group using # Social Security numbers and home addresses provided by Jeanette # L. Franklin, of Richardson, Texas, who once worked in an Ericsson # payroll office. # # Franklin has been found guilty of 16 counts of mail and wire # fraud. She faces a maximum of 80 years in prison when she is # sentenced July 9.