Re: "A million bucks in stolen calls"

On 6/8/06, mikeiscool wrote:

On 6/9/06, Tyler Durden wrote:

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Wow. One guy and a hacker rerouted VoIP calls and in the process collected $1MM in fees. Lots of crypto & cypherpunkly implications here.

Sorry to double-post, but does anyone think Tor + encryption use would've saved this guy?

it's hard to sheild income, hence the advice to inflate expenses when fudging taxes rather than trying to hide incoming funds. these guys were making too much money to stay covert for long, so i don't think tor or encryption of comms or data would have helped. it might have delayed the inevitable a bit, but that's all. "Authorities said that to hide profits from his scheme, which ran from November 2004 to May 2006, Pena bought real estate, three luxury vehicles and a 40-foot motorboat." -- that's not a good way to hide funds :)