~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SANDY SANDFORT Reply to: ssandfort@attmail.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Punksters, Just a few comments about Jerome Schneider. In addition to the piece in /Fortune/ magazine, there was also a segment done on him by "60 Minutes." During that show he did an impromptu telephone hack for the "60 Minutes" interviewer. At the end of the segment when Schneider asked if he had gone straight, he answered "yes." But when he was asked how we could be sure of that, he replied, "you can't." Such a kidder. Contrary to the mythologized version of his computer crime career, Schneider was not that technically competent. What he was good at was bribing telco employees to get equipment ordering access codes and other inside information. Because he was a juvenile when he committed his computer crimes, he was able to have his record expunged. He gets mad when anyone brings up his criminal record, because, by law, he no longer has a criminal "record." I met Schneider a few years back when he was in the business of selling offshore brass-plate banks. He was in the process of burning his bridges with government after government from the Caribbean to the American Trust Territories. I gave him a call a few months ago to see if he was still selling banks through his company WFI. He said that he was out of that business. He has a new company called American National Securities which is a brokerage firm. If you buy an offshore bank, he will be more than happy to clear your trades through his company. If Doug Merritt, or anyone else is interested in offshore banking with a Cypherpunk twist, contact me. I'm working with several other Cypherpunks on some projects in that area. S a n d y
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