first net advert for hitman arrested (fwiw)

[Declan McCullagh]

That's not the right URL.

On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 11:31:19PM -0700, Al Qaeda wrote:
> from Moscow Times 4 Jul 01
> via http://www.planetpdf.com/mainpage.asp?webpageid=1532
> 
> Moscow police have arrested a contract
> killer who advertised his services
> via the Internet in the first such detention
> in Russia, Itar-Tass reported Tuesday.
> 
> The Moscow police department for
> fighting high-technology crimes spotted
> the advertisement in May, department
> chief Dmitry Chepchugov was
> quoted as saying.
> Moscow agents disguised as potential
> clients corresponded with the alleged
> hit man, and when they established
> that he resided in Samara, about
> 900 kilometers southeast of Moscow,
> they alerted local police.
> The man, whose name was not disclosed,
> was handcuffed after undercover
> agents paid him several thousands
> of dollars and heard him stating
> the date of the assassination they pretended
> to be asking for, Chepchugov
> said.
> He added that the Internet was becoming
> increasingly popular with Russian
> criminals for financial frauds.
> He said law enforcement agencies
> of Russia and the United States were
> jointly investigating a case in which
> Russians allegedly hacked U.S. credit
> card information.
> The hacker group stole some $400
> million from U.S. credit card holders
> just over the past few months, the officer
> said.
> Russian hackers have been involved
> in several high-profile computer-
> related crimes worldwide.
> Hitman Busted After Advertising on Internet